Betsy Belle And Mary Gray

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[Verse 1]
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Oh, Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, they were two bonnie lasses
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They biggit a bower on yon Burnside and theeked it o'er with rushes
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Fair Betsy Belle, I loved so well and thought I ne'er could alter
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But Mary Gray's two cheeky eyes, caused all my fancy falter


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Oh, Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, they were two bonnie lasses
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They biggit a bower on yon Burnside and theeked it o'er with rushes


[Verse 2]
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Betsy's hair's like flaxen gold, she smiles like a May morning
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When Phoebus starts from Thoetus lap, the hills with rays adorning
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White is her hair, soft is her hand, her waist and feet flow gently
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With every grace she can command, her lips, I vow, are dainty


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Oh, Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, they were two bonnie lasses
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They biggit a bower on yon Burnside and theeked it o'er with rushes


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[Verse 3]
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Mary's locks are like the crow, her eyes like diamond's, glances
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She's aye so clean, red up and raw, she kills when e'er she dances
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Blithe as a kid with wit and will, she's blooming, tight and tall is
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And guides her airs so graceful still, oh Jove, she's like thy palace


[Chorus]
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Oh, Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, they were two bonnie lasses
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They biggit a bower on yon Burnside and theeked it o'er with rushes


[Verse 4]
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Young Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, ye unco saer oppress us
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Our fancies fee between ye two, ye are such bonnie lassies
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Woe's me, for both I cannot get, to one by law we're stinted
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Then I'll draw straws and take my fate and be with one contented


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[Verse 5]
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Oh, Betsy Belle and Mary Gray, they were two bonnie lassies
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They biggit a bower on yon Burnside and theeked it o'er with rushes
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But Betsy Belle nor Mary Gray could quell my fancy ever
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The plague came from the burrows town, it slew them both together