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HAVE ye not heard of fause Sir John?

Wha liv'd in the west country,

How he has betray'd eight damsels fair,

And drown'd them in the sea?

Now he's awa to May Culzean.

She was her father's heir,

The greatest beauty o' the land,

I solemnly declare.

" Thou art the darling o' my heart,

He says, fair May Culzean,

" Thou far exceed'st beauty rare,

"That ever I hae seen.