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7 His arms were bright, his heart was light,

And he sung this merry lay,

“How jollily lives this fair young knight,

He loves and he rides away.”

A lady look’d over the castle wall,

And she heard the knight thus sing:

The lady’s tears began to fall,

And her hands she began to wring.

“And didst thou then my true love plight,

And was it but to betray?

Ah! tarry a while, my own dear knight,

In pity don’t ride away.”

The knight of her tears he took no heed,

While scornful laugh’d his eye;

He gave the spur to his prancing steed,

“ Good b’ye, sweetheart, good b’ye.”

And soon he vanish’d from her sight,

While she was heard te say,

“Ah! ladies beware of a fair young knight

He’ll love and he’ll ride away.”

 

Banks of Doun.

Ye banks and braes of bonny Doun,

How can ye bloom so fresh and fair;

How can ye chant ye little birds,

While I’m so wae and fu’ o’ care?