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 But when she came to high Germany,

By fortune there her love did see,

Upon yon lofty rampart wall,

As he was standing sentry.

O were my love in this country,

O I could swear that you was she,

For there's not a face in high Germany,

So like the lass of Banaphie.

The first she met was a colonel then,

And he address'd her most courteously,

From whence she came and where she was born,

Her name and from what country.

From fair Scotland she said I came,

In hopes my true love for to see,

But now I hear he's a Grenadier,

Into your Lordship's company.

What's thy love's name thou comely dame,

O lady fair come tell me then,

For it's a pity thy love should be,

In the fashion of a single man.

O William Graham is my love's name,

All these hardships suffers for me,

And if it costs me thousands ten,

A single man no more he's be.