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��The Lass of Lochroyan

WHA will shoe my bonny foot? And wha will glove my hand? And wha will bind my middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band ?

' O wha will kame my yellow hair,

With a haw bayberry kame ? And wha will be my babe's father

Till Gregory come hame ? '

' Thy father, he will shoe thy foot,

Thy brother will glove thy hand, Thy mither will bind thy middle jimp

Wi' a lang, lang linen band.

' Thy sister will kame thy yellow hair,

Wi' a haw bayberry kame ; The Almighty will be thy babe's father

Till Gregory come hame.'

1 And wha will build a bonny ship,

And set it on the sea ? For I will go to seek my love,

My ain love Gregory.'

Up then spak her father dear,

A wafu' man was he ; 1 And I will build a bonny ship,

And set her on the sea.

jimp] trim. kame] comb. haw bayberry] ?a corruption for

' braw ivory ' : or bayberry may = laurel- wood.

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