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"Jessie, Jessie Cameron, / Hear me but this once," quoth he. / "Good luck go with you, neighbor's son, / But I'm no mate for you," quoth she. / Day was verging toward the night / There beside the moaning sea, / Dimness overtook the light / There where the breakers be. / "O Jessie, Jessie Cameron, / I have loved you long and true. " -- / "Good luck go with you, neighbor's son, / But I'm no mate for you."
She was a careless, fearless girl, / And made her answer plain; / Outspoken she to earl or churl, / Kind-hearted in the main, / But somewhat heedless with her tongue, / And apt at causing pain; / A mirthful maiden she and young, / Most fair for bliss or bane. / "O, long ago I told you so, / I tell you so to-day: / Go you your way, and let me go / Just my own free way."