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But if thy words do prove a lye,

Thou shalt be hanged up presently.”

But when the king the truth had found,

His joys did more and more abound;

According as the old man did say,

Sweet William was a lady gay.

Therefore the king without delay

Put on her glorious rich array,

And upon her head a crown of gold,

Which was most famous to behold.

And then, for fear of further strife,

He took Sweet William for his wife;

The like before was never seen,

A serving-man to be a queen.

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Listen, now, both great and simple,

Whilst I croon to you my song,

Ere such another damsel ’pears,

The world will cease to wag ere long:

For she is the flower o’er all the bower,

My blessings on Cochrane’s Bonny Grizzy!

Her father lay long in the Embro jail,

Wearing fast to his end,

For his head must be swept clean from his shoulders,

When the warrant the King shall send;

Singing “Woes me!” wi’ the tear in her e’e,

Did Cochrane’s bonny daughter mourn!

She kissed her father’s lyart locks,