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7 The Captain took her straight in his arms, happy man was he: Saying, Welcome bonny Jeany Gordon, A Countess of Northumberland to be.

The Captain came off with his Lady, and his sweet lovely babes three, Saying, I am as good blood by descent, though the great Duke of Gordon you be.

O leeze me on my spinning wheel, And leeze me on my rock and reel, Frae tap to tae that cleeds me bien, And haps me feil and warm at e'en, sit me down, and sing and spin, While laigh descends the simmer's sun: Blest wi' content, and milk and meal O leeze me on my spinning wheel.

On ilka hand the bairnies trot, And meet below my theekit oot: The scented birk and hawthorn white Across the pool their arms unite, Alike to screen the birdie's nest, And little fish's caller rest;