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The Gordons of Loe succeeded the 7 org. lasses & one of them Gordon of Lochin was carried off a lady on her wedding day according to the old ballad from Wh: Sir W. Scott's ballad in Murmion is taken. She-
Sent her former lover a letter, to come & see her wedding
When Lochinvar he read the lines
He looked o'er his land,
And four & twnety wild wight men
All ready at his command.
He mounted them all on milk-white steeds
And clothed them all in green
And they are off to the wedding gone

















Now one bit of your bread, he said,
And one glass of your wine
And one kiss of the bonny bride
That promised to be mine.
He took her round the middle jump
And by the green gown sleeve,
And mounted her on his milk-white steed,
And speered nae bold baron's leave.
The blood ran down the Hylan burn,
And o'er the Kylan brae.
And her friends that kenn'd naething of the joke
They a'cried foul play.
Here are the "disjecti membra poeta."

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(5) The Gordons of Loe succeeded the 7 org. lasses & one of them Gordon of Lochin was carried off a lady on her wedding day according to the old ballad from Wh: Sir W. Scott's ballad in Murmion is taken. She- Sent her former lover a letter, to come & see her wedding When Lochinvar he read the lines He looked o'er his land, And four & twnety wild wight men All ready at his command. He mounted them all on milk-white steeds And clothed them all in green And they are off to the wedding gone Now one bit of your bread, he said, And one glass of your wine And one kiss of the bonny bride That promised to be mine. He took her round the middle jump And by the green gown sleeve, And mounted her on his milk-white steed, And speered nae bold baron's leave. The blood ran down the Hylan burn, And o'er the Kylan brae. And her friends that kenn'd naething of the joke They a'cried foul play. Here are the "disjecti membra poeta."