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Fare thee well, ye Mormond Braes

For oft times I've been cheery

Fare thee well, ye Mormond Braes

For it's there I lost my dearie

As I went in by Strichen Toon
I heard a fair maid mourning
She was makin' sair complaint
For her true love ne'er returning

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There's many a horse has sipped an' fell
An' risen again right early
There's many a lass has lost her lad
And got another right rarely

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There's as good fish in tae the sea
As ever yet were taken
I'll cast ma nets and try again
For I'm only once forsaken

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So I'll put on my gown of green
It's a forsaken token
And that will let the young lads know
That the bonds of love are broken

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So I'll gang back to Strichen toon
Where I was bred and born in
And I will get another young lad
Tae marry me in the mornin'

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