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Слушать(AI)Proud Maisie
Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely."Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me?""When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.""Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?""The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly."The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.'1.
Sung by the madwoman Madge Wildfire on her deathbed in chapter XL of The Heart of Midlothian (1818).
Sir Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA Scot (15 August 1771 – 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, playwright, and histo
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