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"O have you got houses, have you got land,
And does Northumberland belong to thee?
And what would you give to the fair young lady
As out of prisin would let you go free?"
"O I've got houses, and I've got land,
And half Northumberland belongs to me;
And I vill give it all to the fair young lady
As out of prisin vould let me go free."
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"O in sevin long years, I'll make a wow
For sevin long years, and keep it strong, [4]
That if you'll ved no other voman,
0 I vill v-e-ed no other man."
O She took him to her father's harbour,
And guv to him a ship of fame,
Saying, "Farevell, Farevell to you, Lord Bateman,
1 fear I ne-e-ever shall see you agen."
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Now sevin long years is gone and past,
And fourteen days veil known to me;[5]
She packed up all her gay clouthing,
And swore Lord Bateman she would go see.
O ven she arrived at Lord Bateman's castle,
How bouldly then she rang the bell,
"Who's there! who's there!" cries the proud
young porter,
"O come, unto me pray quickly tell."
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