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lady, Let me do what I please."
"O still my bairn, kind nourice, 65 O still him wi' the ring:" "He will not still, my lady, Let me do any thing."
"O still my bairn, gude nourice, O still him wi' the knife:" 70 "He will not still, dear mistress mine, Gin I'd lay down my life."
"Sweet nourice, loud, loud cries my bairn, O still him wi' the bell:" "He will not still, dear lady, 75 Till ye cum down yoursell."
The first step she stepped, She stepped on a stane, The next step she stepped, She met the Lammikin. 80
And when she saw the red, red blude, A loud skriech skrieched she: "O monster, monster, spare my child, Who never skaithed thee!
"O spare, if in your bluidy breast 85 Abides not heart of stane! O spare, an' ye sall hae o' gold That ye can carry hame!"
"I carena for your gold," he said, "I carena for your fee: 90 I hae been wranged by your lord, Black vengeance ye sall drie.
"Here are nae serfs to guard your haa's, Nae trusty spearmen here; In yon green wood they sound the horn, 95 And chace the doe and deer.
"Tho merry sounds the gude green wood Wi' huntsmen, hounds, and horn, Your lord sall rue ere sets yon sun He has done me skaith and scorn." 100
"O nourice, wanted ye your meat, Or wanted ye your fee, Or wanted ye for any thing, A fair lady could gie?"
"I wanted for nae meat, ladie, 105 I wanted for nae fee; But I wanted for a hantle A fair lady could gie."
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