I was not familiar with the opening verses, and these were the first lines that met my eye:-- 'Oh, he gave to his love a silver wand, Her sceptre of rule over fair Scotland; With three singing laverocks set thereon For to mind her of him when he was gone.' [Please select]
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The silver mystery, then, was intended for a wand--and a very pretty way of making love to an American girl, too, to call it a 'sceptre of rule over fair Scotland'; and the three birds were three singing laverocks 'to mind her of him when he was gone'. [Please select]
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