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JOHNNY COCK. |
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" I often took to my mother 35
The dandoo and the roe ; But now I'l take to my mother
Much sorrow and much woe.
" I often took to my mother
The dandoo and the hare; 30
But now I'l take to my mother
Much sorrow and much care." |
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II.
Fifteen foresters in the braid alow,
And they are wondrous fell; To get a drop of Johnny's heart bluid,
They would sink a' their souls to hell.
Johnny Cock has gotten word of this, 5
And he is wondrous keen ; He['s] custan afF the red scarlet,
And on ' wi' the Linkum green.
And he is ridden oer muir and muss,
And over mountains high, 10
Till he came to yon wan water;
And there Johnny Cock did lie.
lie's taen out a horn from his side,
And he blew both loud and shrill, Till a' the fifteen foresters is
Heard Johnny Cock blaw his horn. |
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