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Convinc’d me the youth had no guile in his mind,
My heart too confess’d him the flower of the dale,
⟨Beneath⟩ the pretty hawthorn that blooms in the vale,
That blooms, &c,
⟨Yet⟩ I oft bade him go for I could no longer stay,
⟨But⟩ leave me he would not nor let me away;
⟨Still⟩ pressing his suit and at last he did prevail,
⟨Beneath⟩ the pretty hawthorn that blooms in the vale.
That blooms, &c.
⟨Now⟩ tell me ye maids how could I refuse,
⟨His⟩ lips they were sweet, and so binding his vows:
⟨We⟩ went and were married, and Jamie loves me still
⟨And⟩ we live beside the hawthorn that blooms in the vale.
⟨That⟩ blooms in the valley that blooms in the vale,
⟨We⟩ live beside the hawthorn that blooms in the vale.
SCOTS MEDLEY.
⟨As⟩ I came in by Calder fair,
and yont the Lappard Lee, man,
