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But when she came to high Germany,
By fortune there her love did see,
Upon yon lofty rampart wall,
As he was standing sentry.
O were my love in this country,
O I could swear that you was she,
For there's not a face in high Germany,
So like the lass of Banaphie.
The first she met was a colonel then,
And he address'd her most courteously,
From whence she came and where she was born,
Her name and from what country.
From fair Scotland she said I came,
In hopes my true love for to see,
But now I hear he's a Grenadier,
Into your Lordship's company.
What's thy love's name thou comely dame,
O lady fair come tell me then,
For it's a pity thy love should be,
In the fashion of a single man.
O William Graham is my love's name,
All these hardships suffers for me,
And if it costs me thousands ten,
A single man no more he's be.
