Duncan Gray cam here to woo                                  Duncan Gray came here to woo, (Ha, ha, the wooing o’t!—repeated refrain)            (Ha, ha, such was the wooing of it!) On blythe Yule-Night when we were fou                On merry Christmas Even when we were drunk, Maggie coost her head fu’ high,                               Maggie cast her head full high, (raised her head) Look’d asklent and unco skeigh,                              Looked askance (scornfully) and very skittish, Gart poor Duncan stand abeigh –                            Made poor Duncan stand off Duncan fleech’d, and Duncan pray’d                     Duncan wheedled/beseeched, and prayed Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig                                     Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig (a ... Read more

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