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Annie She’s Dowie

George MacDonald

Annie she’s dowie, and Willie he’s wae:
What can be the matter wi’ siccan a twae,
For Annie she’s fair as the first o’ the day,
And Willie he’s honest and stalwart and gay?

Oh, the tane has a daddy is poor and is proud,
And the tither a minnie that cleiks at the goud ‘.
They lo’ed are anither, and said their say,
But the daddy and minnie hae partit the twae!
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From The Poetical Works of George MacDonald | 1893
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