whatever might betide.
for the auld gudeman o' london court
she didna care a pin;
but she wad send the soger youth,
to greet his eldest son.
then up sprang bess o' annandale,
and a deadly aith she's ta'en,
that she wad vote the border knight,
though she should vote her ne.
“for far-off fowls hae feathers fair,
and fools o' ge are fain;
but i hae tried the border knight,
and i'll try him yet again.”
says bck joan frae cri peel,
a carlin stoor and grim.
“the auld gudeman or young gudeman,
for me may sink or s
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