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Child Part II p Burns's Version	A
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O I forbid you maidens a'	B
That wear gowd on your hair	C
To come or gae by Carterhaugh	D
For young Tam Lin is there	C
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There's nane that gaes by Carterhaugh	D
But they leave him a wad	E
Either their rings or green mantles	F
Or else their maidenhead	E
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Janet has kilted her green kirtle	G
A little aboon her knee	H
And she has braided her yellow hair	C
A little aboon her bree	H
And she's awa' to Carterhaugh	D
As fast as she can hie	D
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When she came to Carterhaugh	D
Tam Lin was at the well	G
And there she fand his steed standing	I
But away was himsel	G
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She had na pu'd a double rose	J
A rose but only twa	K
Till up then started young Tam Lin	L
Says Lady thou's pu nae mae	M
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Why pu's thou the rose Janet	E
And why breaks thou the wand	E
Or why comes thou to Carterhaugh	D
Withoutten my command	E
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Carterhaugh it is my ain	L
My daddie gave it me	H
I'll come and gang by Carterhaugh	D
And ask nae leave at thee	H
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Janet has kilted her green kirtle	G
A little aboon her knee	H
And she has snooded her yellow hair	C
A little aboon her bree	H
And she is to her father's ha	D
As fast as she can hie	D
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Four and twenty ladies fair	C
Were playing at the ba	N
And out then cam the fair Janet	E
Ance the flower amang them a'	B
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Four and twenty ladies fair	C
Were playing at the chess	O
And out then cam the fair Janet	E
As green as onie grass	P
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Out then spak an auld grey knight	E
Lay oer the castle wa	D
And says Alas fair Janet for thee	H
But we'll be blamed a'	B
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Haud your tongue ye auld fac'd knight	E
Some ill death may ye die	E
Father my bairn on whom I will	G
I'll father nane on thee	H
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Out then spak her father dear	Q
And he spak meek and mild	E
And ever alas sweet Janet he says	R
I think thou gaes wi child	E
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If that I gae wi' child father	S
Mysel maun bear the blame	T
There's neer a laird about your ha	D
Shall get the bairn's name	T
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If my love were an earthly knight	E
As he's an elfin grey	M
I wad na gie my ain true love	U
For nae lord that ye hae	D
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The steed that my true love rides on	L
Is lighter than the wind	E
Wi siller he is shod before	V
Wi burning gowd behind	E
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Janet has kilted her green kirtle	G
A little aboon her knee	H
And she has snooded her yellow hair	C
A little aboon her bree	H
And she's awa' to Carterhaugh	D
As fast as she can hie	D
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When she cam to Carterhaugh	D
Tam Lin was at the well	G
And there she fand his steed standing	I
But away was himsel	G
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She had na pu'd a double rose	J
A rose but only twa	D
Till up then started young Tam Lin	L
Says Lady thou pu's nae mae	M
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Why pu's thou the rose Janet	E
Amang the groves sae green	L
And a' to kill the bonie babe	N
That we gat us between	L
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O tell me tell me Tam Lin she says	R
For's sake that died on tree	H
If eer ye was in holy chapel	G
Or christendom did see	H
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Roxbrugh he was my grandfather	S
Took me with him to bide	E
And ance it fell upon a day	M
That wae did me betide	E
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And ance it fell upon a day	M
A cauld day and a snell	G
When we were frae the hunting come	W
That frae my horse I fell	G
The Queen o Fairies she caught me	H
In yon green hill to dwell	G
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And pleasant is the fairy land	E
But an eerie tale to tell	G
Ay at the end of seven years	X
We pay a tiend to hell	G
I am sae fair and fu' o flesh	Y
I'm feared it be mysel	G
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But the night is Halloween lady	H
The morn is Hallowday	H
Then win me win me an ye will	G
For weel I wat ye may	M
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Just at the mirk and midnight hour	S
The fairy folk will ride	H
And they that wad their true love win	L
At Miles Cross they maun bide	H
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But how shall I thee ken Tam Lin	L
Or how my true love know	L
Amang sae mony unco knights	Z
The like I never saw	A2
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O first let pass the black lady	H
And syne let pass the brown	L
But quickly run to the milk white steed	H
Pu ye his rider down	L
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For I'll ride on the milk white steed	H
And ay nearest the town	L
Because I was an earthly knight	H
They gie me that renown	L
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My right hand will be gloyd lady	H
My left hand will be bare	C
Cockt up shall my bonnet be	H
And kaimd down shall my hair	C
And thae's the takens I gie thee	H
Nae doubt I will be there	C
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They'll turn me in your arms lady	H
Into an esk and adder	S
But hold me fast and fear me not	H
I am your bairn's father	S
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They'll turn me to a bear sae grim	B2
And then a lion bold	H
But hold me fast and fear me not	H
As ye shall love your child	H
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Again they'll turn me in your arms	C2
To a red het gaud of airn	L
But hold me fast and fear me not	H
I'll do to you nae harm	D2
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And last they'll turn me in your arms	C2
Into the burning gleed	H
Then throw me into well water	S
O throw me in wi speed	H
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And then I'll be your ain true love	U
I'll turn a naked knight	H
Then cover me wi your green mantle	G
And cover me out o sight	H
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Gloomy gloomy was the night	H
And eerie was the way	M
As fair Jenny in her green mantle	G
To Miles Cross she did gae	E
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About the middle o' the night	H
She heard the bridles ring	I
This lady was as glad at that	H
As any earthly thing	I
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First she let the black pass by	E
And syne she let the brown	L
But quickly she ran to the milk white steed	H
And pu'd the rider down	L
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Sae weel she minded whae he did say	M
And young Tam Lin did win	L
Syne coverd him wi her green mantle	G
As blythe's a bird in spring	I
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Out then spak the Queen o Fairies	E2
Out of a bush o broom	F2
Them that has gotten young Tam Lin	L
Has gotten a stately groom	F2
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Out then spak the Queen o Fairies	E2
And an angry woman was she	H
Shame betide her ill far'd face	G2
And an ill death may she die	E
For she's taen awa the bonniest knight	H
In a' my companie	L
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But had I kend Tam Lin she says	R
What now this night I see	H
I wad hae taen out thy twa grey e'en	L
And put in twa een o tree	H