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O WHERE have ye been the morn sae late	A
My merry son come tell me hither	B
O where have ye been the morn sae late	A
And I wot I hae but anither	B
By the water gate by the water gate	A
O dear mither	B
	-
And whatten kin o wark had ye there to make	C
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And whatten kin o wark had ye there to make	C
And I wot I hae but anither	B
I watered my steeds with water frae the lake	C
O dear mither	B
	-
Why is your coat sae fouled the day	D
My merry son come tell me hither	B
Why is your coat sae fouled the day	D
And I wot I hae but anither	B
The steeds were stamping sair by the weary banks of clay	D
O dear mither	B
	-
And where gat ye thae sleeves of red	E
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And where gat ye thae sleeves of red	E
And I wot I hae but anither	B
I have slain my ae brither by the weary water head	E
O dear mither	B
	-
And where will ye gang to mak your mend	F
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And where will ye gang to mak your mend	F
And I wot I hae not anither	B
The warldis way to the warldis end	F
O dear mither	B
	-
And what will ye leave your father dear	B
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And what will ye leave your father dear	B
And I wot I hae not anither	B
The wood to fell and the logs to bear	B
For he ll never see my body mair	B
O dear mither	B
	-
And what will ye leave your mither dear	B
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And what will ye leave your mither dear	B
And I wot I hae not anither	B
The wool to card and the wool to wear	B
For ye ll never see my body mair	B
O dear mither	B
	-
And what will ye leave for your wife to take	C
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And what will ye leave for your wife to take	C
And I wot I hae not anither	B
A goodly gown and a fair new make	C
For she ll do nae mair for my body s sake	C
O dear mither	B
	-
And what will ye leave your young son fair	B
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And what will ye leave your young son fair	B
And I wot ye hae not anither	B
A twiggen school rod for his body to bear	B
Though it garred him greet he ll get nae mair	B
O dear mither	B
	-
And what will ye leave your little daughter sweet	G
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And what will ye leave your little daughter sweet	G
And I wot ye hae not anither	B
Wild mulberries for her mouth to eat	G
She ll get nae mair though it garred her greet	G
O dear mither	B
	-
And when will ye come back frae roamin	H
My merry son come tell me hither	B
And when will ye come back frae roamin	H
And I wot I hae not anither	B
When the sunrise out of the north is comen	H
O dear mither	B
	-
When shall the sunrise on the north side be	I
My merry son come tell me hither	B
When shall the sunrise on the north side be	I
And I wot I hae not anither	B
When chuckie stanes shall swim in the sea	I
O dear mither	B
	-
When shall stanes in the sea swim	J
My merry son come tell me hither	B
When shall stanes in the sea swim	J
And I wot I hae not anither	B
When birdies feathers are as lead therein	H
O dear mither	B
	-
When shall feathers be as lead	E
My merry son come tell me hither	B
When shall feathers be as lead	E
And I wot I hae not anither	B
When God shall judge between the quick and dead	E
O dear mither	B

Algernon Charles Swinburne

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