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86 PROUD LADY MARGARET. |
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" And round about a' thae castles,
You may baith plow and saw, And on the fifteenth day of May
The meadows they will maw."
" 0 hald your tongue, Lady Margaret," he said, " For loud I hear you lie ! «
Your father was lord of nine castles, Your mother was lady of three ;
Your father was lord of nine castles,
But ye fa' heir to but three. »>
" And round about a' thae castles,
You may baith plow and saw, But on the fifteenth day of May
The meadows will not maw.
" I am your brother Willie," he said, w
" I trow ye ken na me ; I came to humble your haughty heart,
Has gar'd sae mony die."
" If ye be my brother Willie," she said ;
" As I trow weel ye be, re
This night 111 neither eat nor drink,
But gae alang wi' thee."
" O hald your tongue, Lady Margaret," he said, " Again I hear you lie ; |
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