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⟨A⟩ short time thereafter they came to a grove
⟨Where⟩ his flocks they were feeding in numberio s droves,
(illegible text)n stood musing his flocks for to see,
(illegible text) on, says the lady, that's no pleasure to me;
⟨Beautiful⟩ laddie in green tartan tvews,
(illegible text) two bonnie lasses were bughting in ewes;
⟨They⟩ said, honour’d master are you come again,
⟨Long⟩, long have we look’d for you coming home.
(illegible text)ht in your ewes lasses and go your way home,
(illegible text) brought a swan from the north, I have her to tame;
⟨Her⟩ feathers are fallen, and where can she lie?
(illegible text) best bed in the house her bed shall be.
⟨The⟩ lady’s heart was far down, it couldna well rise,
(illegible text) many a lad and lass came in with a fraise,
(illegible text) welcome the lady, to welcome her home;
⟨Such⟩ a hall in the highlands she never thought on.
(illegible text) laddies did whistle, and the lasses did sing,
⟨They⟩ made her a supper might have served a queen;
⟨With⟩ ale aud whisky they drank her health round,
⟨And⟩ they made to the lassie a braw bed of down.
⟨Early⟩ next morning he led her to the hay,
