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He went to his daughter and gave her advice,
⟨Said⟩ if you go with him I'm sure you're not wise;
⟨He's⟩ a rude highland fellow as poor a crow,
⟨He's⟩ the clan of the Catharine for ought that I know.
But if you go with him I'm sure you'll gang bare
⟨You⟩ shall have nothing that father or mother can spare;
⟨Of⟩ all I possess I'll deprive you for ay,
⟨If⟩ over the hills you do go away.
It's father keep what you're not willing to give,
⟨For⟩ I fain would go with him as sure as I live;
⟨What⟩ signifies gold or treasure to me,
⟨When⟩ the highland hills is between my love and me.
No she has gone with him in spite of them a',
⟨Away⟩ to a place that her eyes never saw.
⟨She had⟩ no steed for to carry her on,
⟨But still⟩ he said lassie think not the road long.
In a warm summer's evening they came to a glen,
⟨Being⟩ weary with travel, the lassie sat down;
⟨Get⟩ up my brave lassie and let us step on,
⟨For⟩ the sun will go round before we get home.
My feet are all ⟨torn⟩, my shoes are all rent.
⟨I'm⟩ wearied with travel, and just like to faint.
⟨Were⟩ it not for the sake of your kind company,
⟨I⟩ would lie in this desert until that I die.
The day is far spent, and night coming on:
⟨And⟩ step you aside to yon bonny mill town,
⟨And⟩ there you ask lodgings for thee and for me;
⟨For⟩ glad would I be in a barn to be.
The place it is bonny and pleasant indeed,
⟨But⟩ the people hard-hearted to those who're in need;
⟨Perhaps⟩ they'll not grant us barn nor byre;
