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The Battle of the Boyne (chapbook)/Carle and the King Come

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The Battle of the Boyne (1825)
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CARLE AND THE KING COME.

Peggy now the King's come,
Peggy now the King's came,
Thou may dance and I shall sing,
Peggy since the King's come.

Nae mair the hawkies thou shalt milk,
but change thy plaiding coat for silk,
And be a lady of that ilk,
now, Peggy since the King's come.

FINIS.