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SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
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Gilderoy was a bonnie boy ;
Had roses till his shoon ;
His stockings were of silken soy,
WT garters banging down :
It was, I ween, a comely sicht,
To see sae trim a boy ;
He was my joy and heart's delicht,
My handsome Gilderoy.
Oh, sic twa charming een he had,
A breath as sweet 's a rose ;
He never wore a Highland plaid,
But costly silken clothes :