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The Cruel Mother
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HE lean'd her back unto a thorn ; Fine Jloivers in the valley And there she has her two babes born. And the green leaves they grow rarely.
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She's ta'en the ribbon frae her hair, And bound their bodies fast and sair.
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' Smile na sae sweet, my bonny babes,
An' ye smile sae sweet, ye'U smile me dead.
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' And, O bonny babes, if ye suck sair, Ye'll never suck by my side mair.'
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She 's ta'en out her little penknife
And twinn'd the sweet babes o' their life.
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She 's howket a grave baith deep and wide, And there she 's buried them side by side.
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She 's buried them baith beneath the brier, And washed her hands wi' mony a tear.
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' O ay, my God, as I look to thee, My babes be atween my God and me!
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' And ay their smiles wad win me in, But I am borne down by deadly sin.'
twinn'd] robbed, deprived. 102 |
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