[Verso 1]
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And Jamie he had made a vow
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And keep it well if he may
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That he would be in merry London
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On St. Jamess Day
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On Saint Jamess Day at noon
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In London I will be
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And all the lords in merry Scotland
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There should ride with me"
[Verso 2]
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Then up spoke Queen Margaret
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The tears fell from her eye
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Leave off these wars, O noble king
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And keep your fidelity
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For the water's wide and it's wondrous deep
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From the bottom unto the brim
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Me brother Henry has men good enough
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England is hard to win
[Verso 3]
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Away, away, this silly fool
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In prison let her lie
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For she is of the English blood
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And for these words she will die!
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Then up spoke Lord Thomas Howard
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Queen chamberlain that day
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Saying If you kill Queen Margaret
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Scotland'll rue it alway
[Verso 4]
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Jamie, all in a rage
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Said Away, this silly mome
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One shall be hanged and the other burned
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When I return anon
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At Flodden Field the Scots came in
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Which made our Englishmen fain
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At Branxton Green the battle was seen
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And there was Jamie slain
[Verso 5]
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And presently the Scots did fly
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Their cannon they left behind
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Their banners gay were all run away
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Our soldiers beat them blind
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For to tell you plain, twelve thousand were slain
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And that's how the fight did stand
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And many was a prisoner took that day
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The best in all Scotland
[Verso 6]
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That day left many a fatherless child
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And many the widow poor
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And many the Scottish gay lady
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Sat weeping all in her bower
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But Jack with a feather was wrapped all in leather
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For his boasting was all in vain
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But he had such a chance with a new Morris dance
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But he never came home again
[Verso 7]
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And Jamie he had made a vow
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And keep it well if he may
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That he would be in merry London
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On St. Jamess Day
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