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Bessie Bell and Mary Gray

1.O BESSIE BELL and Mary Gray,

They war twa bonnie lasses!

They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae,

And theekit it oer wi rashes.

2.They theekit it oer wi’ rashes green,

They theekit it oer wi’ heather:

But the pest cam frae the burrows-town,

And slew them baith thegither.

3.They thought to lie in Methven kirk-yard

Amang their noble kin;

But they maun lye in Stronach haugh,

To biek forenent the sin.

4.And Bessie Bell and Mary Gray,

They war twa bonnie lasses;

They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae,

And theekit it oer wi’ rashes.