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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 147
The first ae guide that they met wi'
It was high up in Hardhaughswire ;
The second guide that they met wi"",
It was laigh down in Borthwick water.
" What tidings, what tidings, my trusty guide ?"
" Nae tidings, nae tidings, I hae to thee ;
" But gin ye""!! gae to the fair Dodhead,
" Mony a cow's cauf I'll let thee see.*"
And whan they cam to the fair Dodhead,
Right hastily they clam the peel ;
They loosed the kye out, ane and a"".
And ranshackled * the liouse ris^ht weel.
Now Jamie Telfer's heart was sair,
The tear aye rowing in his e'e ;
He pled wi' the Captain to hae his gear.
Or else revenged he wad be.
The Captain turn'd him round and leugh ;
Said — " Man, there's naething in thy house,
" But ae auld sword without a sheath,
" That hardly now wad fell a mouse."
Jiiiiisliarklrd — Ransacked.
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Volume 1
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Minstrelsy of the Scottish border
DescriptionConsisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition.
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