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(166) Page 146 - O gin my love were yon red rose
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® ain m^ love were ^on reb rose.
1st V. Traditional. 2nd v. by BnKXS.
3rd V. by John Richardson.
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3. were my love yon vi - o - let sweet, That peeps frae neath the
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* This air is old and of Digbland origin. Tlie first verse of the song is preserved in Herd's Collection, vol. ii., 1776.

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