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( 2 ) The Las of Banphie.

NCE I loved a lady fair

She was a beamy I declare

The only flower of the north country,

The bonny las of Banaphie.

She being heires of houe and lands

And I alone a poor farmers on.

It was her birth and high degree,

That parted my true love and me.

I lov'd this lady in my heart,

Againt It our will it was to part;

For he ador'd me as her life,

In private we were man and wife.

Great knights and Squires a courting

Unto this fair and lovely da e,came,

But ail their offers prov'd in vain,

For none her favour could obtain.

But when her father came to know

That I did love his daughter o,

He Judas like betrayed me,

For keeping of her company.