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(3) The nut-brown bride has oxen brother,

the nut-brown bride has kine,

I advise you marry the nut-brown bride

and cast fair Annet by.

Her oxen may die in the house Billy,

and her kine into byre,

And I shall have nothing to myself,

but a fat fadge by the fire,

And he is to his sister gane,

sister, advise ye me,

O shall I marry the nut-browubrown [sic] bride,

and let fair Annet free.

I advise you take fair Annet Thomas,

and let the brown bride alane.

Least ye should sigh and say alas!

what is this we brought hame?

Now I will take my mother’s counsel,

and marry her out of hand.

And I will take the nut brown bride,

fair Annet may have the land.

Up then rose fair Annet’s father,

two hours or it was day,

And he is gone into the bower,

wherein fair Annet lay.

Rise up, rise up, fair Annet he says

put on your silken shoon,

Let us go to St. Mary’s kirk,