“ It fell on a day, and a bonny summer day,
⁠When the corn grew green and yellow,
That there fell out a great dispute
⁠Between Argyle and Airly.
Argyle has raised a hundred men,
⁠A hundred men and mairly ”

“ A rum and handsome maid O.
Chorus—She's a rum one fal de reedle ay do, &c.
He courted her for seven long years,
All for to gain her favour,
But there came a lad out of Edinburgh town,
And he swore that he would have her. ”

“ Saying, I'm as good blood by descent.
⁠Though the great Duke of Gordon you be.
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”