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Margaret Simpson was the daughter of humble parents in the county of Ayr	A
With a comely figure and face of beauty rare	B
And just in the full bloom of her womanhood	C
Was united to John Rouat a fisherman good	C
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John's fortune consisted of his coble three oars and his fishing gear	D
Besides his two stout boys John and James he loved most dear	D
And no matter how the wind might blow or the rain pelt	E
Or scarcity of fish John little sorrow felt	E
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While sitting by the clear blazing hearth of his home	F
With beaming faces around it all his own	G
But John the oldest son refused his father obedience	H
Which John Rouat considered a most grievous offence	H
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So his father tried to check him but all wouldn't do	I
And John joined a revenue cutter as one of its crew	I
And when his father heard it he bitterly did moan	G
And angrily forbade him never to return home	F
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Then shortly after James ran away to sea without his parent's leave	J
So John Rouat became morose and sadly did grieve	J
But one day he received a letter stating his son John was dead	K
And when he read the sad news all comfort from him fled	K
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Then shortly after that his son James was shot	L
For allowing a deserter to escape such was his lot	L
And through the death of his two sons he felt dejected	M
And the condolence of kind neighbours by him was rejected	M
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'Twas near the close of autumn when one day the sky became o'ercast	M
And John Rouat contrary to his wife's will went to sea at last	M
When suddenly the sea began to roar and angry billows swept along	N
And alas the stormy tempest for John Rouat proved too strong	N
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But still he clutched his oars thinking to keep his coble afloat	M
When one 'whelming billow struck heavily against the boat	M
And man and boat were engulfed in the briny wave	O
While the Storm Fiend did roar and madly did rave	O
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When Margaret Rouat heard of her husband's loss her sorrow was very great	M
And the villagers of Bute were moved with pity for her sad fate	M
And for many days and nights she wandered among the hills	H
Lamenting the loss of her husband and other ills	H
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Until worn out by fatigue towards a ruinous hut she did creep	P
And there she lay down on the earthen Roor and fell asleep	P
And as a herd boy by chance was passing by	Q
He looked into the hut and the body of Margaret he did espy	R
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Then the herd boy fled to communicate his fears	H
And the hut was soon filled with villagers and some shed tears	H
When they discovered in the unhappy being they had found	M
Margaret Rouat their old neighbour then their sorrow was profound	M
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Then the men from the village of Bute willingly lent their aid	M
To patch up the miserable hut and great attention to her was paid	M
And Margaret Rouat lived there in solitude for many years	H
Although at times the simple creature shed many tears	H
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Margaret was always willing to work for her bread	M
Sometimes she herded cows without any dread	M
Besides sometimes she was allowed to ring the parish bell	S
And for doing so she was always paid right well	S
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In an old box she kept her money hid away	T
But being at the kirk one beautiful Sabbath day	T
When to her utter dismay when she returned home	F
She found the bottom forced from the box and the money gone	U
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Then she wept like a child in a hysteric fit	M
Regarding the loss of her money and didn't very long survive it	M
And as she was wont to descend to the village twice a week	V
The villagers missed her and resolved they would for her seek Then two men from the village on the next day	T
Sauntered up to her dwelling and to their dismay	T
They found the door half open and one stale crust of bread	M
And on a rude pallet lay poor Margaret Rouat cold and dead	M

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