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 369. The Lass of Lochroyan

'O wha will shoe my bonny foot? And wha will glove my hand? And wha will bind my middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band?

'O wha will kame my yellow hair, With a haw bayberry kame? And wha will be my babe's father Till Gregory come hame? '

'Thy father, he will shoe thy foot, Thy brother will glove thy hand, Thy mither will bind thy middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band.

'Thy sister will kame thy yellow hair, Wi' a haw bayberry kame; The Almighty will be thy babe's father Till Gregory come hame.'

'And wha will build a bonny ship, And set it on the sea? For I will go to seek my love, My ain love Gregory.'

Up then spak her father dear, A wafu' man was he; 'And I will build a bonny ship, And set her on the sea.

jimp] trim. kame] comb. haw bayberry] ? a corruption for 'braw ivory': or bayberry may = laurel-wood.