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THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY.

(From the Same.)

ISE up, rise up, now, lord Douglas," she says,
"And put on your armour so bright,

Let it never be said, that a daughter of thine
Was married to a lord under night.

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"Light down, light down, lady Marg'ret," he said, And hold my steed in your hand,

Until that against your seven brethren bold,

And your father, I mak a stand."

She held his steed in her milk-white hand,
And never shed one tear,

Until that she saw her seven brethren fa',

And her father aard fighting, who lov'd her so dear.

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"O chuse, O chuse, lady Margret," he said,
"O whether will ye gang or bide?"
"I'll gang, I'll gang, lord William," she said,
"For ye have left me no other guide."

He's lifted her on a milk-white steed,
And himself on a dapple grey,

With a bugelet horn hung down by his side,
And slowly they baith rade away.

O they rade on, and on they rade,
And a' by the light of the moon,
Until they came to yon wan water,
And there they lighted down.

They lighted down to tak a drink,
Of the spring that ran sae clear;

And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood,
And sair she gan to fear.

"Hold up, hold up, lord William," she says, "For I fear that you are slain!"

"Tis naething but the shadow of my scarlet cloak, That shines in the water sae plain.”

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* Plea-Used obliquely for dispute.

+ Stout-Through this whole ballad, signifies haughty.

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