Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 91.
From the recitation of Mrs. Wilson.
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Hynd Horn he has lookt on his ring, |
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Hey ninny ninny, how ninny nanny
And it was baith black and blue,
And she is either dead or she's married. |
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And the barck and the broom blooms bonnie |
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Hynd Horn he has shuped to land,
And the first he met was an auld beggar man. |
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'What news, what news, my silly auld man?
For it is seven years syne I have seen land. |
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'What news, what news, my auld beggar man?
What news, what news, by sea or by land?' |
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'There is a king's dochter in the east,
And she has been marryed these nine nights past. |
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'Intil the bride's bed she winna gang
Till she hears tell of her Hynd Horn.' |
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'Cast aff, cast aff thy auld beggar weed,
And I will gie thee my gude gray steed.' |
