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And laid him down to tak a ſleep,
in the lowlands o'Buleighan.

He was nae well gane out o' ſight,
nor was he paſt Milſtrethen,
Whan four-and twenty belted Knights
came riding owr the Leathen.
O hae ye ſeen Sir James the Roſe,
the young heir o' Buleighan?
For he has kill'd a gallant 'Squire,
and we are ſent to tak him.

Yea, I hae ſeen Sir James the Roſe,
he paſt by here on Munday;
Gin the ſteed be ſwift that he rides on,
he's paſt the heights of Lundie.
But as wi' ſpeid they rade awa,
ſhe loudly cry'd behind them,
Gin ye'll gie me a worthy meid,
I'll tell ye whar to find him.

O tell, fair maid, and, on our band,
ye'ſe get his purſe and brechan.
He's in the bank aboon the mi!!,
in the lawlands o' Buleighan.
Then out and ſpak Sir John the Graham,
wha had the charge a-keiping,