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Child vol iii	A
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Clerk Saunders and may Margaret	B
Walked ower yon garden green	C
And sad and heavy was the love	D
That fell thir twa between	C
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A bed a bed Clerk Saunders said	E
A bed for you and me	F
Fye na fye na said may Margaret	B
'Till anes we married be	F
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For in may come my seven bauld brothers	G
Wi' torches burning bright	H
They'll say 'We hae but ae sister	I
And behold she's wi a knight '	-
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Then take the sword frae my scabbard	J
And slowly lift the pin	K
And you may swear and save your aith	L
Ye never let Clerk Saunders in	K
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And take a napkin in your hand	M
And tie up baith your bonny e'en	N
And you may swear and save your aith	L
Ye saw me na since late yestreen	N
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It was about the midnight hour	I
When they asleep were laid	O
When in and came her seven brothers	G
Wi' torches burning red	E
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When in and came her seven brothers	G
Wi' torches burning bright	H
They said We hae but ae sister	I
And behold her lying with a knight	H
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Then out and spake the first o' them	P
I bear the sword shall gar him die	Q
And out and spake the second o' them	P
His father has nae mair than he	F
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And out and spake the third o' them	P
I wot that they are lovers dear	R
And out and spake the fourth o' them	P
They hae been in love this mony a year	R
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Then out and spake the fifth o' them	P
It were great sin true love to twain	N
And out and spake the sixth o' them	P
It were shame to slay a sleeping man	N
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Then up and gat the seventh o' them	P
And never a word spake he	F
But he has striped his bright brown brand	M
Out through Clerk Saunders' fair bodye	S
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Clerk Saunders he started and Margaret she turned	T
Into his arms as asleep she lay	U
And sad and silent was the night	H
That was atween thir twae	V
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And they lay still and sleeped sound	W
Until the day began to daw	X
And kindly to him she did say	U
It is time true love you were awa'	V
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But he lay still and sleeped sound	W
Albeit the sun began to sheen	N
She looked atween her and the wa'	V
And dull and drowsie were his e'en	N
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Then in and came her father dear	R
Said Let a' your mourning be	F
I'll carry the dead corpse to the clay	U
And I'll come back and comfort thee	F
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Comfort weel your seven sons	Y
For comforted will I never be	F
I ween 'twas neither knave nor loon	N
Was in the bower last night wi' me	F
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The clinking bell gaed through the town	N
To carry the dead corse to the clay	U
And Clerk Saunders stood at may Margaret's window	Z
I wot an hour before the day	U
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Are ye sleeping Margaret he says	A2
Or are ye waking presentlie	U
Give me my faith and troth again	N
I wot true love I gied to thee	F
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Your faith and troth ye sall never get	B2
Nor our true love sall never twin	N
Until ye come within my bower	I
And kiss me cheik and chin	N
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My mouth it is full cold Margaret	B
It has the smell now of the ground	W
And if I kiss thy comely mouth	L
Thy days of life will not be lang	C2
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O cocks are crowing a merry midnight	H
I wot the wild fowls are boding day	U
Give me my faith and troth again	N
And let me fare me on my way	U
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Thy faith and troth thou sall na get	B2
And our true love sall never twin	N
Until ye tell what comes of women	N
I wot who die in strong traivelling	C2
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Their beds are made in the heavens high	Q
Down at the foot of our good lord's knee	F
Weel set about wi' gillyflowers	A2
I wot sweet company for to see	A2
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O cocks are crowing a merry midnight	H
I wot the wild fowl are boding day	U
The psalms of heaven will soon be sung	C2
And I ere now will be missed away	U
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Then she has ta'en a crystal wand	D2
And she has stroken her troth thereon	N
She has given it him out at the shot window	Z
Wi' mony a sad sigh and heavy groan	N
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I thank ye Marg'ret I thank ye Marg'ret	Z
And aye I thank ye heartilie	U
Gin ever the dead come for the quick	C2
Be sure Mag'ret I'll come for thee	A2
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It's hosen and shoon and gown alone	N
She climb'd the wall and followed him	E2
Until she came to the green forest	Z
And there she lost the sight o' him	E2
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Is there ony room at your head Saunders	A2
Is there ony room at your feet	Z
Is there ony room at your side Saunders	A2
Where fain fain I wad sleep	F2
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There's nae room at my head Marg'ret	Z
There's nae room at my feet	Z
My bed it is full lowly now	N
Amang the hungry worms I sleep	F2
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Cauld mould is my covering now	N
But and my winding sheet	Z
The dew it falls nae sooner down	N
Than my resting place is weet	Z
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But plait a wand o' bonnie birk	C2
And lay it on my breast	Z
And shed a tear upon my grave	G2
And wish my saul gude rest	Z
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And fair Marg'ret and rare Marg'ret	Z
And Marg'ret o' veritie	Z
Gin ere ye love another man	N
Ne'er love him as ye did me	A2
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Then up and crew the milk white cock	C2
And up and crew the gray	U
Her lover vanish'd in the air	H2
And she gaed weeping away	U

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