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On the Gilfillan burial day	A
In the Hill o' Balgay	B
It was a most solemn sight to see	C
Not fewer than thirty thousand people assembled in Dundee	C
All watching the funeral procession of Gilfillan that day	A
That death had suddenly taken away	A
And was going to be buried in the Hill o' Balgay	B
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There were about three thousand people in the procession alone	D
And many were shedding tears and several did moan	D
And their bosoms heaved with pain	E
Because they knew they would never look upon his like again	F
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There could not be fewer than fifty carriages in the procession that day	A
And gentlemen in some of them that had come from far away	A
And in whispers some of them did say	A
As the hearse bore the precious corpse away	A
Along the Nethergate that day	A
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I'm sure he will be greatly missed by the poor	G
For he never turned them empty handed away from his door	H
And to assist them in distress it didn't give him pain	E
And I'm sure the poor will never look upon his like again '	-
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On the Gilfillan burial day in the Hill o' Balgay	B
There was a body of policemen marshalled in grand array	A
And marched in front of the procession all the way	A
Also the relatives and friends of the deceas'd	I
Whom I hope from all sorrows has been releas'd	I
and whose soul I hope to heaven has fled away	A
To sing with saints above for ever and aye	J
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The provost magistrates and town council were in the procession that day	A
Also Mrs Gilfillan who cried and sobbed all the way	A
For her kind husband that was always affable and gay	A
Which she will remember until her dying day	A
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When the procession arrived in the Hill o' Balgay	A
The people were almost as hush as death and many of them did say	A
As long as we live we'll remember the day	A
That the great Gilfillan was buried in the Hill o'Balgay	A
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When the body of the great Gilfillan was lowered into the grave	K
'Twas then the people's hearts with sorrow did heave	L
And with tearful eyes and bated breath	M
Mrs Gilfillan lamented her loving husband's death	M
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Then she dropped a ringlet of immortelles into his grave	K
Then took one last fond look and in sorrow did leave	L
And all the people left with sad hearts that day	A
And that ended the Gilfillan burial in the Hill o' Balgay	A

William Topaz Mcgonagall

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