Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice), 1860-1941, ill, Speed, Lancelot, 1860-1931, ill · New York, Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 181
s stown awaMy mother she fell sick, and my Jamie at the sea—And auld Kobin Gray came a-courtin me. My father couldna work, and my mother couldna spin;I toild day and night, but their bread I couldna win;Auld Eob maintaind them baith, and wi tears in his eeSaid, Jennie, for their sakes, O, marry me… … My father urgit sair : my mother didna speak;But she lookd in my face till my heart was Uke to breakThey gied him my hand, but my heart was at the sea:Sae auld Robin Gray he was gudeman to me. I hadna been a wife a week but only four.When mournfu as I sat on the stane at the door,I saw my Jamies…
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