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These lands and possessions my debt for to ⟨pay⟩
You winna go round them in a long summer’s ⟨day⟩
O Allan! O Allan! I’m indebted to thee,
It is a debt, dear Allan, I never can pay.
O Allan! O Allan! how came you for me?
Sure I am not worthy your bride for to be.
How call you me Allan, when Sandy’s my ⟨name⟩
Why call you me Allan? sure you are to ⟨blame⟩
For don’t you remember when at school with (illegible text)
I was hated by all the rest, loved by thee?
How oft have I fed on yourbread and your ⟨cheese⟩
Likewise when you had but an handful of p(illegible text)
Your cruel hearted father hound at me his d(illegible text)
They tore all my bare heels, and rave all my (illegible text)
Is this my dear Sandy whom I lov’d so dear
I have not heard of you this many a year;
When all the rest went to bed, sleep was frae (illegible text)
For thinking on what was become of thee.
My parents were born long before me,
Perhaps by this time they are drown’d in the ⟨sea⟩
These lands and possessions they left them too
And I came for you jewel to share them with ⟨me.⟩
In love we began, and in love we will end;
