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6 "Sir knight, ere you my favour win,

With a heigh ho! and a lily gay;

Ye maun get consent frae a' my kin',

As the primrose spreads so sweetly."

He has got consent frae her parents dear,

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;

And likewise frae her sisters fair,

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

He has got consent frae her kin' each one,

With a heigh ho! and a lily gay;

But forgot to spear at her brother John,

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

Now, when the wedding day was come

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;

The knight would take his bonnie bride home,

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

And many a lord and many a knight,

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;

Came to behold that lady bright,

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

And there was nae mauman [sic] that did her see,

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;

But wished himself bridegroom to be,

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

Her father dear led her down the stair,

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;

And her sisters twain they kiss'd her there

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.