Francis James Child

“ Down to the Lowland border,
An there he's stole a fair lady away,
To keep his house in order.
As he came in by Blackhill gate,
Twenty men his arms did carry,
And he has stole a fair lady away,
On purpose hir to marry. ”

“ An every ane that did him wrang,
He took him by the nose, lady.
'My father he delights in nout and goats,
An me in horse and sheep, lady;
You an twenty thousan pounds
Makes me a man complete, lady. ”

“ Come, be content and stay, lady,
And never think of going back
Until your dying day, lady.'
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FROM Drunkie in the Highlands,
With four and twenty men,
Rob Oig is cam, a lady fair
To carry from the plain. ”