LADY MAISIE'S BAIRN
The wind waxed in the sea between,
The rain waxed in the land;
Lord John was happéd wi' saut sea-faem,
Lady Maisie wi' sea-sand;
And the little bairn between them twa
That was to her right hand.
The rain waxed in the land;
Lord John was happéd wi' saut sea-faem,
Lady Maisie wi' sea-sand;
And the little bairn between them twa
That was to her right hand.
The rain rains sair on Duriesdyke
To the land side and the sea;
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born mair bitterly.
To the land side and the sea;
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born mair bitterly.
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