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RETURN O' GALLANT SONS.

Now, Marion, dry your tearfu' e'e,
Gae break your rock in twa,
For sune your gallant sons ye 'll see,
Returned in safety a'.
O wow, gudeman, my heart is fain!
An' shall I see my bairns again,
A' seated roun' our ain hearth-stane,
Nae mair to gang awa'?