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| “WHEN ye gang awa’, Jamie, | |
| When ye gang awa’, laddie, | |
| What will ye gi’e my heart to cheer, | |
| When ye are far awa’, Jamie?” | |
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| “I’ll gi’e ye a braw new goun, Jeanie, | 5 |
| I’ll gi’e ye a braw new goun, lassie, | |
| An’ it will be a silken ane, | |
| Wi’ Valenciennes trimm’d round, Jeanie.” | |
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| “O, that’s nae luve at a’, laddie, | |
| That’s nae luve at a’, Jamie; | 10 |
| How could I bear braw gouns to wear, | |
| When ye are far awa’, laddie! | |
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| “But mind me when awa’, Jamie, | |
| Mind me when awa’, laddie, | |
| For out o’ sicht is out o’ mind | 15 |
| Wi’ mony folk, we ken, Jamie.” | |
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| “Oh, that can never be, Jeanie, | |
| Forgot ye ne’er can be, lassie; | |
| Oh gang wi’ me to the north countrie, | |
| My bonny bride to be, Jeanie. | 20 |
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| “The hills are grand and hie, Jeanie, | |
| The burnies rinnin’ clear, lassie, | |
| ’Mang birks and braes, where the wild deer strays | |
| Oh cum wi’ me and see, lassie.” | |
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| “I winna gang wi’ thee, laddie, | 25 |
| I tell’t ye sae afore, Jamie; | |
| Till free consent my parents gi’e, | |
| I canna gang wi’ thee, Jamie.” | |
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| “But when ye’re wed to me, Jeanie, | |
| Then they will forgi’e, lassie; | 30 |
| How can ye be sae cauld to me, | |
| Wha’s lo’ed ye weel and lang, lassie?” | |
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| “No sae lang as them, laddie, | |
| No sae lang as them, Jamie; | |
| A grief to them I wadna be, | 35 |
| No for the Duke himsel’, Jamie. | |
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| “We’ll save our penny fee, laddie, | |
| To keep frae poortith free, Jamie; | |
| An’ then their blessing they will gi’e, | |
| Baith to you an’ me, Jamie.” | 40 |
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| “Huntingtower is mine, lassie, | |
| Huntingtower is mine, Jeanie; | |
| Huntingtower, an’ Blairnagower, | |
| An’ a’ that’s mine is thine, Jeanie!” | |
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