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2. Ye ri - ots and re - vels of Lon - don, a - dieu ! And
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2. Fol - ly, ye fop-lings, I leave her to you ! For Soot - land I min - gled in
3. fight for his King as his fa - ther has done; I'll hang up my sword wi' an
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* The verses given here are Sir Alex, Boswell's modification of an old ballad attributed to the Duke of Argyle, born 1680, and which is
given in Herd's Collection of Scots' Songs^ 17V6, vol. ii. The tune is of Higliland origin.

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