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Jaanie Nittle

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Da Boanie Lass o’ Bekka Hill

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Come you here to court and clap

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Fit da Gutters

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Me mither sent me to the well

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Hey tongue bonnie lass

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Piddle and Craigie

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Robin Tamson’s Smiddie

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Lad that wears the plaidie, The

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This is no my ain house

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  • Hutchison, Gilbert
  • Hutchison, Jeannie
  • Hutchison, Robert
  • Hutchison, Robina
  • Hutchison, William
  • Hutchison, William (a’ Tip)
  • Irvine, Jean
  • Jamieson, Thelma
  • McLeod, Rea
  • Moar, Andrew
  • Poleson, Andrew
  • Poleson, Anne
  • Poleson, Betty
  • Rognaldson, Thora
  • Sandison, Harriet
  • Shearer, Janet
  • Stewart, Arthur
  • Stewart, Elsa
  • Stewart, Robert
  • Sutherland, Maisie
  • Williamson, Jeanette
  • Williamson, Maggie
  • Williamson, Willie

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