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The Gordons succeeded the  [illegible] [illegible] & one of them Gordon of [Lochins?]  [illegible] carried off a lady on her wedding day according to the old ballad from wh: Sir W. Scott's ballad  [illegible] is taken.  She -
Sent  her former lover a latter her wedding to come & see
When  [illegible] he read the lines
He looked o'er his land,
And four & twenty wild  [illegible] 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
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Now one bit of your bread,  he said,
And one glass of your wine,
And  [illegible] [illegible] of the bonny bride
That promised to be mine.
He took her round the middle  [illegible]
And by the green gown sleeve,
And mounted her on his milk-white steed,
And  [illegible] [illegible]bold baron's leave.
The blood ran down the Kylan burn,
And o're the Kylan brae.
And her friends that  [illegible] [illegible] of the joke
They  [illegible] foul play
These are the " [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]."

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(5) The Gordons succeeded the [illegible] [illegible] & one of them Gordon of [Lochins?] [illegible] carried off a lady on her wedding day according to the old ballad from wh: Sir W. Scott's ballad [illegible] is taken. She - Sent her former lover a latter her wedding to come & see When [illegible] he read the lines He looked o'er his land, And four & twenty wild [illegible] 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 [illegible] [illegible] of the bonny bride That promised to be mine. He took her round the middle [illegible] And by the green gown sleeve, And mounted her on his milk-white steed, And [illegible] [illegible]bold baron's leave. The blood ran down the Kylan burn, And o're the Kylan brae. And her friends that [illegible] [illegible] of the joke They [illegible] foul play These are the " [illegible] [illegible] [illegible]."