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They hung him high aboon the rest,

He was so trim a boy:

Thair dyed the youth whom I lued best,

My handsome Gilderoy.

Thus having yielded up his breath,

I bare his corpse away;

Wi' tears, that trickled for his death,

I washt his comely clay;

And siker[67] in a grave sae deep

I laid the dear-lued boy,

And now for evir maun I weep

My winsome Gilderoy.


BEASTS OF THE FIELD FOWLS OF THE AIR.

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BINGO

The miller's mill-dog lay at the mill-door,

And his name was Little Bingo.

B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,

And his name was Little Bingo.

The miller he bought a cask of ale,

And he called it right good Stingo.

S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,

And he called it right good Stingo.

The miller he went to town one day,

And he bought a wedding Ring-o!

R with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O,

And he bought a wedding Ring-o!

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THE IRISH HARPER AND HIS DOG

On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh,

No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I;

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