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SIR PATRICK SPENS—Q

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Finlay's Scottish Ballads, I, xiv, from a recited copy.

1

Then up an cam a mermaid,
Wi a siller cup in her han:
‘Sail on, sail on, my gude Scotch lords,
For ye sune will see dry lan.’

2

‘Awa, awa, ye wild woman,
An let your fleechin be;
For sen your face we've seen the day,
Dry lan we'll never see.’