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 ANONYMOUS

'Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pike out his bonny blue e'en: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.

'Mony a one for him maks mane, But nane sail ken whar he is gane: O'er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sail blaw for evermair.'

��397 A Lyke-Wake Dirge

THIS ae nighte, this ae nighte, Every mghte and alle, Fire and fleet and candle-lighte, And Chnste receive thy saule.

��When thou from hence away art past,

Every nighte and alle, To Whmny-muir thou com'st at last;

And Chnste receive thy saule.

If ever thou gavest hosen and shoon,

Every mghte and alle, Sit thee down and put them on;

And Chnste receive thy saule.

If hosen and shoon thou ne'er gav'st nane

Every nighte and alle y The whinnes sail prick thee to the bare bane ;

And Christ e receive thy saule.

390 hause] neck. theek] thatch. jp/ fleet] house-room

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