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Oh open the door, Lord Gregory
THE LASS OF ROCH ROYAL—I
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‘Oh open the door, Lord Gregory,Oh open, and let me in;
The rain rains on my scarlet robes,
The dew drops oer my chin.’
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‘If you are the lass that I lovd once,As I true you are not she,
Come give me some of the tokens
That past between you and me.’
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‘Ah wae be to you, Gregory,An ill death may you die!
You will not be the death of one,
But you'll be the death of three.
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‘Oh don't you mind, Lord Gregory,'Twas down at yon burn-side
We changd the ring of our fingers,
And I put mine on thine?’
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