Kinloch Manuscripts, V, 335, in the handwriting of Dr. John Hill Burton.
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We were seven sisters in a bower,
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The flower of a' fair Scotland ower.
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We were sisters, sisters seven,
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The fairest women under heaven.
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There fell a dispute us amang,
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Wha would to the greenwood gang.
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They kiest the kevels them amang,
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O wha would to the greenwood gang.
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The kevels they gied thro the ha,
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And on the youngest it did fa.
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The kevel fell into her hand,
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To greenwood she was forced to gang.
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She hedna pued a flower but ane,
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When by there came an earl's son.
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'And was he well or was he wae,
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He keepet me that summer's day.'
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And was he weel or was he weight,
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He keepet her that summer's night.
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And he gave her a gay goud ring
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His mother got at her wedding.
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'Oh is yer stirrup set too high?
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Or is your saddle set awry?
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'Oh is yer stirrup set too side?
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Or what's the reason ye canna ride?'
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When all were at the table set,
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Then not a bit could this lady eat.
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When all made merry at the feast,
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This lady wished she were at her rest.
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