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First Line: Peg nicholson was a gude bay mare
Last Line: As priest-rid cattle are, - &c. &c.
Subject(s): Animals; Death - Animals; Horses


Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,
As ever trod on airn;
But now she's floating down the Nith,
And past the mouth o' Cairn.

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,
An' rode thro' thick and thin;
But now she's floating down the Nith,
And wanting even the skin.

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,
And ance she bore a priest;
But now she's floating down the Nith,
For Solway fish a feast.

Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare,
An' the priest he rode her sair;
And much oppress'd and bruis'd she was,
As priest-rid cattle are, - &c. &c.





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