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THE CROON OF THE GLAISTIG OF
BEN BRECK.
This is the Croon which the Glastig of Ben Breck used
to sing to her hinds while she was driving them before
her on the mountain side: —
Lady of Ben Breck, Horo!
Breck, horo ! Breck, horo !
Lady of Ben Breck, horo !
Lady of the fountain high.
I ne'er would let my troop of deer,
Troop of deer, troop of deer;
I ne'er would let my troop of deer,
A-gathering shellfish to the tide.
Better liked they cooling cress,
Cooling cress, cooling cress;
Better liked they cooling cress,
That grows beside the fountain high.

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Folk tales and fairy lore in Gaelic and English
DescriptionCollected from oral tradition by James Macdougall ; edited with introduction and notes by George Calder.
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