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Single Greeting Card (with matching Envelope)

Code: VH BWW M2 SGC
Price: US$5.00

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Reproduction on 8x12'' sheet

Code: VH BWW M2 8x12
Price: US$30.00

Reproduction on 12x18'' sheet

Code: VH BWW M2 12x18
Price: US$60.00

The Queen of Elfland's Nourice

"I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low,

And a cow low down in yon glen;

Lang, lang will my young son greet

Or his mither bid him come ben.

"I heard a cow low, a bonnie cow low,

And a cow low down in yon fauld;

Lang, lang will my young son greet

Or his mither take him frae cauld.

"Waken, Queen of Elfland,

And hear your nourice moan." –

"O moan ye for your meat,

Or moan ye for your fee,

Or moan ye for your bounties

That ladies are wont to gie?" –

"I moan na for my meat,

Nor yet for my fee,

But I moan for Christen land –

It's there I fain would be." –

"O nurse my bairn, nourice,

Till he stand at your knee,

An' ye'll win hame to Christen land,

Where fain it's ye would be.

"O keep my bairn, nourice,

Till he gang by the hauld,

An' ye'll win hame to your young son,

Ye left when four nights auld."