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 Day being come, and breakfast o’er,

to the parlour I was ta’en;

The gudeman kindly asked me,

if I’d marry his daughter Jane?

Five hundred merks I’ll give her,

besides a piece of lan';

But scarcely had he spoke the word,

till I thought of Peggy Bawn.

“ Your offer, Sir, is very good,

and I thank you too,” said I;

“But I cannot be your son-in-law,

and I’ll tell you the reason why;

My business calleth me in haste,

I am the king’s servant bound,

And I must gang awa’ this day,

straight to Edinburgh town.”

Oh, Peggy Bawy, thou art my own,

thy heart lies in my breast;

And though we at a distance are,

yet l love thee still the best;

Although we at a distance are,

and the seas between us roar,

Yet I’ll be constant, Peggy Bawn,

to thee for 'evermore.