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JAMIE TELFER IN THE FAIR DODHEAD
XIX
' It's I, Jamie Telfer in the fair Dodhead,
A harried man I think I be ! The Captain of Bewcastle has driven my gear ;
For God's sake rise, and succour me ! '—
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; Alas for wae ! ' quoth William's Wat,
' Alack, for thee my heart is sair ! I never cam by the fair Dodhead,
That ever I fand thy basket bare.'
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He 's set his twa sons on coal-black steeds,
Himsell upon a freckled gray, And they are on wi' Jamie Telfer,
To Branksome Ha' to tak the fraye.
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And when they cam to Branksome Ha',
They shouted a' baith ioud and hie, Till up and spak him auld Buccleuch,
Said, ' Whae 's this brings the fraye to me ?'—
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' It's I, Jamie Telfer in the fair Dodhead,
And a harried man I think I be ! There 's nought left in the fair Dodhead,
But a greeting wife and bairnies three.'—
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' Alack for wae ! ' quoth the gude auld lord, ' And ever my heart is wae for thee !
But fye gar cry on Willie, my son,
And see that he come to me speedilie !
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