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Thread #126485 Message #2810306
Posted By: GUEST,EKanne
12-Jan-10 - 04:08 PM
Thread Name: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
Subject: RE: Scots words in Flower of Northumberland
Re. verse 9 -- I've always understood the first line as:-
"Laith was he, the lassie tae TINE"
Meaning that he was unwilling to LOSE the girl, (but tried to behave a bit more honourably by sending her home with an escort).