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I Heard a Cow Low

I Heard a Cow Low

I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low,
  An' a cow low down in yon glen,
Lang, lang will my young son greet,
  Or his mither bid him come ben.

I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low,
  An' a cow low down in yon fauld,
Lang, lang will my young son greet
  Or his mither take him frae cauld.
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Sharpe Ballad Book (ed. of 1880), 169, a portion of a
ballad from the Skene MS.; Montgomerie SNR (1946), 129
(no. 166).

MS

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