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The ladye she stood at her lattice high	A
Wi' her doggie at her feet	B
Thorough the lattice she can spy	A
The passers in the street	B
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'There's one that standeth at the door	C
And tirleth at the pin	D
Now speak and say my popinjay	E
If I sall let him in '	-
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Then up and spake the popinjay	E
That flew abune her head	F
'Gae let him in that tirls the pin	D
He cometh thee to wed '	-
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O when he cam' the parlour in	D
A woeful man was he	G
'And dinna ye ken your lover agen	D
Sae well that loveth thee '	-
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'And how wad I ken ye loved me Sir	H
That have been sae lang away	I
And how wad I ken ye loved me Sir	H
Ye never telled me sae '	-
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Said 'Ladye dear ' and the salt salt tear	J
Cam' rinnin' doon his cheek	K
'I have sent the tokens of my love	L
This many and many a week	K
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'O didna ye get the rings Ladye	M
The rings o' the gowd sae fine	D
I wot that I have sent to thee	G
Four score four score and nine '	-
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'They cam' to me ' said that fair ladye	M
'Wow they were flimsie things '	-
Said 'that chain o' gowd my doggie to howd	F
It is made o' thae self same rings '	-
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'And didna ye get the locks the locks	N
The locks o' my ain black hair	J
Whilk I sent by post whilk I sent by box	N
Whilk I sent by the carrier '	-
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'They cam' to me ' said that fair ladye	M
'And I prithee send nae mair '	-
Said 'that cushion sae red for my doggie's head	F
It is stuffed wi' thae locks o' hair '	-
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'And didna ye get the letter Ladye	M
Tied wi' a silken string	O
Whilk I sent to thee frae the far countrie	J
A message of love to bring '	-
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'It cam' to me frae the far countrie	J
Wi' its silken string and a'	P
But it wasna prepaid ' said that high born maid	F
'Sae I gar'd them tak' it awa' '	-
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'O ever alack that ye sent it back	Q
It was written sae clerkly and well	R
Now the message it brought and the boon that it sought	F
I must even say it mysel' '	-
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Then up and spake the popinjay	E
Sae wisely counselled he	G
'Now say it in the proper way	I
Gae doon upon thy knee '	-
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The lover he turned baith red and pale	S
Went doon upon his knee	G
'O Ladye hear the waesome tale	S
That must be told to thee	G
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'For five lang years and five lang years	T
I coorted thee by looks	U
By nods and winks by smiles and tears	V
As I had read in books	U
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'For ten lang years O weary hours	W
I coorted thee by signs	X
By sending game by sending flowers	W
By sending Valentines	X
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'For five lang years and five lang years	T
I have dwelt in the far countrie	J
Till that thy mind should be inclined	F
Mair tenderly to me	G
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'Now thirty years are gane and past	F
I am come frae a foreign land	F
I am come to tell thee my love at last	F
O Ladye gie me thy hand '	-
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The ladye she turned not pale nor red	F
But she smiled a pitiful smile	Y
'Sic' a coortin' as yours my man ' she said	F
'Takes a lang and a weary while '	-
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And out and laughed the popinjay	E
A laugh of bitter scorn	D
'A coortin' done in sic' a way	I
It ought not to be borne '	-
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Wi' that the doggie barked aloud	F
And up and doon he ran	D
And tugged and strained his chain o' gowd	F
All for to bite the man	D
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'O hush thee gentle popinjay	E
O hush thee doggie dear	J
There is a word I fain wad say	I
It needeth he should hear '	-
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Aye louder screamed that ladye fair	J
To drown her doggie's bark	Z
Ever the lover shouted mair	J
To make that ladye hark	Z
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Shrill and more shrill the popinjay	E
Upraised his angry squall	A2
I trow the doggie's voice that day	I
Was louder than them all	A2
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The serving men and serving maids	B2
Sat by the kitchen fire	J
They heard sic' a din the parlour within	D
As made them much admire	J
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Out spake the boy in buttons	C2
I ween he wasna thin	D
'Now wha will tae the parlour gae	A
And stay this deadlie din '	-
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And they have taen a kerchief	D2
Casted their kevils in	D
For wha will tae the parlour gae	A
And stay that deadlie din	D
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When on that boy the kevil fell	R
To stay the fearsome noise	E2
'Gae in ' they cried 'whate'er betide	F
Thou prince of button boys '	-
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Syne he has taen a supple cane	D
To swinge that dog sae fat	F
The doggie yowled the doggie howled	F
The louder aye for that	F
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Syne he has taen a mutton bane	D
The doggie ceased his noise	E2
And followed doon the kitchen stair	J
That prince of button boys	E2
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Then sadly spake that ladye fair	J
Wi' a frown upon her brow	J
'O dearer to me is my sma' doggie	G
Than a dozen sic' as thou	J
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'Nae use nae use for sighs and tears	V
Nae use at all to fret	F
Sin' ye've bided sae well for thirty years	T
Ye may bide a wee langer yet '	-
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Sadly sadly he crossed the floor	J
And tirled at the pin	D
Sadly went he through the door	J
Where sadly he cam' in	D
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'O gin I had a popinjay	E
To fly abune my head	F
To tell me what I ought to say	I
I had by this been wed	F
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'O gin I find anither ladye '	-
He said wi' sighs and tears	V
'I wot my coortin' sall not be	G
Anither thirty years	T
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'For gin I find a ladye gay	I
Exactly to my taste	F
I'll pop the question aye or nay	I
In twenty years at maist '	-

Lewis Carroll

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