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Child Ballads - Lyrics

Child 221
Katharine Jaffray
Version L

Macmath Manuscript, p. 72, communicated January 13, 1883, by Dr. Robert Trotter, as remembered from the recitation of his father, Dr. Robert Trotter, of Dairy, Kirkcudbrightshire.

Narrative

1   They ask d him and speir d him,
And unto him did say,
'O saw ye ocht o an armed band,
As ye cam on your way?'
2   He jested them and jeer d them,
And thus to them did say,
'O I saw nocht but a fairy troop,
As I rode on my way.'

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