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Child vol ii Early Edition	A
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Rise up rise up now Lord Douglas she says	B
And put on your armour so bright	C
Let it never be said that a daughter of thine	D
Was married to a lord under night	C
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Rise up rise up my seven bold sons	E
And put on your armour so bright	C
And take better care of your youngest sister	F
For your eldest's awa the last night	C
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He's mounted her on a milk white steed	G
And himself on a dapple grey	H
With a bugelet horn hung down by his side	I
And lightly they rode away	H
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Lord William lookit o'er his left shoulder	F
To see what he could see	J
And there be spy'd her seven brethren bold	K
Come riding o'er the lee	J
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Light down light down Lady Marg'ret he said	L
And hold my steed in your hand	M
Until that against your seven brothers bold	K
And your father I make a stand	M
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She held his steed in her milk white hand	M
And never shed one tear	N
Until that she saw her seven brethren fa'	O
And her father hard fighting who loved her so dear	P
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O hold your hand Lord William she said	L
For your strokes they are wondrous sair	P
True lovers I can get many a ane	Q
But a father I can never get mair	P
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O she's ta'en out her handkerchief	O
It was o' the holland sae fine	D
And aye she dighted her father's bloody wounds	R
That were redder than the wine	D
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O chuse O chuse Lady Marg'ret he said	L
O whether will ye gang or bide	I
I'll gang I'll gang Lord William she said	L
For ye have left me no other guide	I
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He's lifted her on a milk white steed	G
And himself on a dapple grey	P
With a bugelet horn hung down by his side	I
And slowly they baith rade away	P
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O they rade on and on they rade	I
And a' by the light of the moon	S
Until they came to yon wan water	P
And there they lighted down	T
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They lighted down to tak a drink	U
Of the spring that ran sae clear	P
And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood	I
And sair she 'gan to fear	P
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Hold up hold up Lord William she says	B
For I fear that you are slain	Q
'Tis naething but the shadow of my scarlet cloak	V
That shines in the water sae plain	Q
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O they rade on and on they rade	I
And a' by the light of the moon	S
Until they cam to his mother's ha' door	P
And there they lighted down	T
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Get up get up lady mother he says	B
Get up and let me in	W
Get up get up lady mother he says	B
For this night my fair ladye I've win	W
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O mak my bed lady mother he says	B
O mak it braid and deep	X
And lay Lady Marg'ret close at my back	Y
And the sounder I will sleep	X
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Lord William was dead lang ere midnight	I
Lady Marg'ret lang ere day	I
And all true lovers that go thegither	P
May they have mair luck than they	I
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Lord William was buried in St Marie's kirk	Z
Lady Margaret in Marie's quire	P
Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose	A2
And out o' the knight's a brier	P
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And they twa met and they twa plat	I
And fain they wad be near	P
And a' the warld might ken right weel	J
They were twa lovers dear	P
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But by and rade the Black Douglas	B2
And wow but he was rough	O
For he pull'd up the bonny brier	P
An flang't in St Marie's Loch	C2

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