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SIR WALTER SCOTT 556 Proud Maiste
PROUD Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early, Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely.
'Tell me, thou bonny bird,
When shall I marry me^' 'When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward bhall carry ye.'
'Who makes the bridal bed,
Birdie, say truly ?J 'The grey-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly
'The glow-worm o'er grave and stone
Shall light thee steady, The owl from the steeple sing
Welcome, proud lady
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��557 Brignall Banks
BRIGNALL banks arc wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there,
Would grace a summer queen. And as 1 rode by Dalton Hall,
Beneath the turrets high, A Maiden on the castle wall
Was singing merrily:
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