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Our Willie had been sae lang awa'
 * Frae bonnie Oxford toon,

The townsfolk they were greeting a'
 * As they went up and doon.

He hadna been gane a year, a year,
 * A year but barely ten,

When word cam unto Oxford toon,
 * Our Willie wad come agen.

Willie he stude at Thomas his Gate,
 * And made a lustie din;

And who so blithe as the gate-porter
 * To rise and let him in?

'Now enter Willie, now enter Willie,
 * And look around the place.

And see the pain that we have ta'en
 * Thomas his Quad to grace.'

The first look that our Willie cast,
 * He leuch loud laughters three,

The neist look that our Willie cast,
 * The tear blindit his e'e.