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Earl Patrick Graham
SIR PATRICK SPENS—P
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Fu laith, fu laith was our braw Scots lordsTo weet their coal black shoon;
But ere the battle a' was foucht,
Their hats war weet aboun.
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Out and starts the mermaiden,Wi a fan into her hand:
‘Keep up your hearts, my merry men a',
For ye're near the dry land.’
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Out and spak Earl Patrick Graham,Wi the saut tear in his ee:
‘Now sin we've seen the mermaiden,
Dry land we'll never see.’
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Down below Dunbarton castle,Full fifty fathoms deep,
There lies a' our braw Scots men,
Earl Patrick at their feet.
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