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Thread #82757   Message #1516839
Posted By: Abby Sale
07-Jul-05 - 08:02 AM
Thread Name: happy? - July 7 (Argyle burns Airlie)
Subject: happy? - July 7
On 7/7/1640, Archibald the Grim, Earl of Argyle burns down Airlie Castle

          4. "Come doon, come doon, Lady Ogilvie," he cried,
             "Come doon an' kiss me fairly,
             Or I swear by the hilt o my gweed broadsword
             'At I winna leave a stanin stane in Airlie."
  
                   "The Bonny House of Airlie," Greig, FSNE LIX, Child #199
(Good tune)
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