Ballad Book by Unknown
page 140 of 255 (54%)
page 140 of 255 (54%)
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And see that rich weddin'."
"My maids, gae to my dressing-room And dress to me my hair, Where'er ye laid a plait before, See ye lay ten times mair. "My maids, gae to my dressing-room And dress to me my smock, The ae half is o' the holland fine, The ither o' needle-work." The horse fair Annet rade upon, He amblit like the wind, Wi' siller he was shod before, Wi' burning gowd behind. Four-and-twenty siller bells, Were a' tied to his mane, Wi' ae tift o' the norlan' wind, They tinkled ane by ane. Four-and-twenty gay gude knights, Rade by fair Annet's side, And four-and-twenty fair ladies, As gin she had been a bride. And when she cam' to Marie's kirk, She sat on Marie's stane; The cleiding that fair Annet had on, |
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