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On The Rocks By Aberdeen.

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On the rocks by Aberdeen,     Where the whislin' wave had been,     As I wandered and at e'en             Was eerie;     There I saw thee sailing west,     And I ran with joy opprest -     Ay, and took out all my best,             My dearie.     Then I busked mysel' wi' speed,     And the neighbors cried "What need?     'Tis a lass in any weed             Aye bonny!"     Now my heart, my heart is sair.     What's the good, though I be fair,     For thou'lt never see me mair,             Man Johnnie!

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