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Proud Maisie

Proud Maisie is in the wood,
Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush,
Singing so rarely.
 
‘Tell me, thou bonny bird,
When shall I marry me?’
—'When six braw gentlemen
Kirkward shall carry ye.’
 
‘Who makes the bridal bed,
Birdie, say truly?’
—'The grey-headed sexton
That delves the grave duly.
 
‘The glow-worm o’er grave and stone
Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing
Welcome, proud lady!’
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