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Collected English Verse — Anonymous

463   Will he no come back again?

ROYAL Charlie’s now awa,
   Safely owre the friendly main;
Mony a heart will break in twa,
   Should he ne’er come back again.
     Will you no come back again?
     Will you no come back again?
     Better lo’ed you’ll never be,
     And will you no come back again?
Sweet the lav’rock’s note and lang,
   Lilting wildly up the glen;
And aye the o’erword o’ the sang
   Is ‘Will he no come back again?’
     Will he no come back again, &c.