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Earl of Aboyne

THE EARL OF ABOYNE—L

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Motherwell's Note-Book, p. 54. “An old woman (native of Banfshire) sings ‘The Earl of Aboyne,’ beginning:”

The Lord Aboyn's to London gone,
And his hail court wi him;
Better he had staid at hame,
Or taen his lady wi him.