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T fell upon the Lambass-tide,

when the leaves were fresh and green,

Lizie Bailie’s to Gartartan gone,

to see her sister Jean.

She had not been long in Gartartan,

even but a little while,

Till luck and fortune happen’d to her,

and she went to the Isle.

And when she went unto the Isle,

she met with Duncan Graham;

So bravely as he courted her,

and he convoy’d her hame.

My bonny Lizie Bailie,

I'll row thee in my plaidie,

If thou wilt go along with me,

and be my Highland Lady.

If I would go along with you,

they’d think I were not wife,

For I can neither milk cow nor ewe,

nor yet can I speak Earse;

Hold thy tongue bonny Lizie Bailie,

and hold thy tongue, said he,

For any thing that thou dost lack,

my dear I will learn thee.