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The following fragment was first published in Maidment's North Countrie Garland, p. 10; shortly after, in Buchan's Gleanings, p. 161. A more complete copy, from Buchan's larger collection, is annexed.

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Ben came her father,

Skipping on the floor,

Said, "Jeanie, you're trying

The tricks of a whore.

"You're caring for him5

That cares not for thee,

And I pray you take Salton,

Let Auchanachie be."

"I will not have Salton,

It lies low by the sea;10

He is bowed in the back,

He's thrawen in the knee;

And I'll die if I get not

My brave Auchanachie."

"I am bowed in the back,15

Lassie as ye see,

But the bonny lands of Salton

Are no crooked tee."

And when she was married

She would not lie down,20

But they took out a knife,

And cuttit her gown;

Likewise of her stays

The lacing in three,

And now she lies dead25

For her Auchanachie.

Out comes her bower-woman,

Wringing her hands,

Says, "Alas for the staying

So long on the sands!30

"Alas for the staying

So long on the flood!

For Jeanie was married,

And now she is dead."