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Made up the bargain true,
Which ne'er forgot s'all be, An' for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down an' dee.'
" I mind na mair.
[Signed] "CLARK DOUGLAS. " Atigust 30, 1854."
In the original song there were but two stanzas, and this is the second:
" She's backit like the peacock,
She's breistit like the swan, She's jimp around the middle,
Her waist ye weel micht span— Her waist ye weel micht span—
An' she has a rolling e'e, An' for bonnie Annie Laurie
I'd lay me down an' dee."
In Alfred Moffatt's " Minstrelsy of Scotland" it is stated that the third verse, which I give, was written by Lady John Scott, who declared that Allan Cunningham wrote the original verses, which is altogether a misapprehension. Lady Scott has altered the whole song and commences, " Maxwelton braes" not "banks."
" Like dew on the gowan lying Is the fa' o' her fairy feet; Like summer breezes sighing, Her voice is low an' sweet— 114 |
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