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Once I loved a lady fair, She was a beauty, I declare; The fairest flower in the north countrie, The bonnie lass o’ Bennachie.

She was an heiress o’ house and lan’, And I was but a poor man’s son. It was her birth and high degree That parted my true love and me.

I loved this lady in my heart, Against our will it was to part, For she adored me as her life, In private we were man and wife.

Great Knights and Squires from a distance came, To court this fair and lovely dame; But all their offers proved in vain, For none her favour could obtain.