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" have ye been the morn sae late, My merry son, come tell me hither? O where have ye been the morn sae late? And I wot I hae but anither." "By the water-gate, by the water-gate, O dear mither."

"And whatten kin' o' wark had ye there to make, My merry son, come tell me hither? And whatten kin' o' wark had ye there to make? And I wot I hae but anither." "I watered my steeds with water frae the lake, O dear mither."

"Why is your coat sae fouled the day, My merry son, come tell me hither?