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Ance was a woman wha's hert was gret; / Her love was sae dumb it was 'maist a grief; / She brak the box -- it's tellt o' her yet -- / The bonny box for her hert's relief.
Ane was there wha's tale's but brief, / Yet was ower lang, the gait he cawed; / He luikit a man, and was but a thief, / Michty the gear to grip and hand.