Part 2 / Book 7 — 176. Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
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I O Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, They war twa bonnie lasses; They biggit[1308] a bower on yon burn-brae, And theekit[1309] it o’er wi’ rashes. II They theekit it o’er wi’ rashes green, They theekit it o’er wi’ heather; But the pest cam frae the burrows-town, And slew them baith thegither. III They thought to lye in Methven kirkyard, Amang their noble kin; But they maun lye in Stronach haugh[1310], To biek[1311] forenent the sin[1312]. IV And Bessie Bell and Mary Gray, They war twa bonnie lasses; They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae, And theekit it o’er wi’ rashes.