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Child 235
The Earl of Aboyne
Version K

Communicated by Mr. Alexander Laing; from the recitation of Miss Fanny Walker, of Mount Pleasant, near Newburgh-on-Tay.

Narrative

1   The Earl o Aboyne is awa to Lunnon gane,
An he's taen Joannan wi him,
An it ill be Yule ere he come again;
But he micht hae taen taen his bonnie Peggie Ewan.
2   Cook-maidens all, be ready at my call,
Hae a' your pats an pans a-reekin;
For the finest o flowrs, gae through your bowrs,
For the Earl o Aboyne's a comin.

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