The Book of Scottish Song/The month of July

The month of July.

[Fragment from Herd's Collection.]

There gaed a fair maiden out to walk
In a sweet morning of July;
She was gay, bonnie, coy, and young,
But met wi' a lad unruly.

He took her by the lily-white hand,
And swore he loo'd her truly;
The man forgot but the maid thought on;
O it was in the month of July!

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