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Child vol vi	A
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It fell about the Lammas tide	B
When the muir men win their hay	C
The doughty Douglas bound him to ride	B
Into England to drive a prey	C
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He chose the Gordons and the Graemes	D
With them the Lindesays light and gay	C
But the Jardines wald nor with him ride	B
And they rue it to this day	C
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And he has burn'd the dales of Tyne	E
And part of Bambrough shire	F
And three good towers on Reidswire fells	D
He left them all on fire	G
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And he march'd up to Newcastle	H
And rode it round about	I
O wha's the lord of this castle	H
Or wha's the lady o't	J
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But up spake proud Lord Percy then	K
And O but he spake hie	C
I am the lord of this castle	H
My wife's the lady gaye	C
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If thou'rt the lord of this castle	H
Sae weel it pleases me	J
For ere I cross the Border fells	D
The tane of us sall die	A
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He took a lang spear in his hand	L
Shod with the metal free	J
And for to meet the Douglas there	M
He rode right furiouslie	H
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But O how pale his lady look'd	N
Frae aff the castle wa'	O
When down before the Scottish spear	P
She saw proud Percy fa'	A
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Had we twa been upon the green	Q
And never an eye to see	J
I wad hae had you flesh and fell	H
But your sword sall gae wi' mee	J
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But gae ye up to Otterbourne	Q
And wait there dayis three	J
And if I come not ere three dayis end	R
A fause knight ca' ye me	J
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The Otterbourne's a bonnie burn	Q
'Tis pleasant there to be	J
But there is nought at Otterbourne	Q
To feed my men and me	J
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The deer rins wild on hill and dale	H
The birds fly wild from tree to tree	J
But there is neither bread nor kale	H
To feed my men and me	J
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Yet I will stay it Otterbourne	Q
Where you shall welcome be	J
And if ye come not at three dayis end	R
A fause lord I'll ca' thee	J
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Thither will I come proud Percy said	S
By the might of Our Ladye	C
There will I bide thee said the Douglas	D
My troth I plight to thee	J
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They lighted high on Otterbourne	Q
Upon the bent sae brown	Q
They lighted high on Otterbourne	Q
And threw their pallions down	Q
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And he that had a bonnie boy	T
Sent out his horse to grass	D
And he that had not a bonnie boy	T
His ain servant he was	D
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But up then spake a little page	U
Before the peep of dawn	Q
O waken ye waken ye my good lord	V
For Percy's hard at hand	L
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Ye lie ye lie ye liar loud	W
Sae loud I hear ye lie	H
For Percy had not men yestreen	Q
To dight my men and me	J
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But I have dream'd a dreary dream	X
Beyond the Isle of Sky	H
I saw a dead man win a fight	Y
And I think that man was I	H
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He belted on his guid braid sword	V
And to the field he ran	Q
But he forgot the helmet good	Z
That should have kept his brain	Q
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When Percy wi the Douglas met	A2
I wat he was fu fain	Q
They swakked their swords till sair they swat	B2
And the blood ran down like rain	Q
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But Percy with his good broad sword	V
That could so sharply wound	C2
Has wounded Douglas on the brow	D2
Till he fell to the ground	C2
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Then he calld on his little foot page	U
And said Run speedilie	H
And fetch my ain dear sister's son	Q
Sir Hugh Montgomery	J
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My nephew good the Douglas said	S
What recks the death of ane	Q
Last night I dreamd a dreary dream	X
And I ken the day's thy ain	Q
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My wound is deep I fain would sleep	E2
Take thou the vanguard of the three	J
And hide me by the braken bush	F2
That grows on yonder lilye lee	J
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O bury me by the braken bush	F2
Beneath the blooming brier	G
Let never living mortal ken	Q
That ere a kindly Scot lies here	G2
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He lifted up that noble lord	V
Wi the saut tear in his e'e	J
He hid him in the braken bush	F2
That his merrie men might not see	J
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The moon was clear the day drew near	P
The spears in flinders flew	H
But mony a gallant Englishman	Q
Ere day the Scotsmen slew	H
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The Gordons good in English blood	H2
They steepd their hose and shoon	Q
The Lindesays flew like fire about	I
Till all the fray was done	Q
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The Percy and Montgomery met	A2
That either of other were fain	Q
They swapped swords and they twa swat	B2
And aye the blood ran down between	Q
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Yield thee now yield thee Percy he said	S
Or else I vow I'll lay thee low	H
To whom must I yield quoth Earl Percy	J
Now that I see it must be so	H
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Thou shalt not yield to lord nor loun	Q
Nor yet shalt thou yield to me	J
But yield thee to the braken bush	F2
That grows upon yon lilye lee	J
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I will not yield to a braken bush	F2
Nor yet will I yield to a brier	G
But I would yield to Earl Douglas	D
Or Sir Hugh the Montgomery if he were here	G2
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As soon as he knew it was Montgomery	J
He stuck his sword's point in the gronde	S
The Montgomery was a courteous knight	S
And quickly took him by the honde	S
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This deed was done at Otterbourne	Q
About the breaking of the day	S
Earl Douglas was buried at the braken bush	F2
And the Percy led captive away	S

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