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44- Young Bekie
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OUNG BEKIE was as brave a knight As ever sail'd the sea ; And he 's doen him to the court of France, To serve for meat and fee.
II He had nae been i' the court of France
A twelvemonth nor sae long, Til he fell in love with the king's daughter,
And was thrown in prison strong.
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The king he had but ae daughter,
Burd Isbel was her name; And she has to the prison-house gane,
To hear the prisoner's mane.
IV
' O gin a lady wou'd borrow me, At her stirrup-foot I wou'd rin ;
Or gin a widow wou'd borrow me, I wou'd swear to be her son.
v ' Or gin a virgin wou'd borrow me,
I wou'd wed her wi' a ring; I'd gie her ha's, I'd gie her bowers,
The bonny towrs o' Linne.'
VI
O barefoot, barefoot gaed she but,
And barefoot came she ben; It was no for want o' hose and shoone,
Nor time to put them on; borrow] ransom. but] out. ben] in.
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