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Peggy Bawn.

As I came o'er the highland hills,

To a farmer's house I came,

The night being dark, and something wet,

I ventur’d into the same.

When I was kindly treated,

And a pretty lass I spied.

Who asked me if I had a wife,

But marriage I denied.

I courted her the lee lang night,

Till near the dawn of day

When frankly she to me did say,

Alang with you I'll gae;

For Ireland is a fine country,

And the Scots to you are kin,

So I will gang alang with you,

My fortune to begin.

Day being come, and breakfast o'er,

To the parlour I wat ta‘en;

The gude man kindly asked me,

if I'd marry his daughter Jean.