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I HAD A HORSE.
I had a horse, and I had nae mair,
I gat him frae my daddie,
My purse was light, and my heart was sair,
But my wit it was fu' ready.
And sae I thought me on a time,
Outwitens o' my daddie,
To fee mysel' to a lowland laird,
Wha had a bonnie lady.
I wrote a letter, and thus began;
Madam be not offended,
I'm o'er the lugs in love wi' you,
And care na' though you kend it;
For I get little frae the laird,
And far less frae my daddy,
And I wad blythely be the man,
Wad strive to please his lady.
She read the letter and she leugh,
Ye needna been sae blate, man,