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"Gin I had kent yestreen, yestreen, What I ken weel the day, 205 I shou'd hae taen your fu' fause heart, Gien you a heart o' clay."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

But I never lut wink; for, keep me, if Bawbie had kent, I micht as weel gane awa' an' sleepit on the Sands for the next twa-three nichts.

From My Man Sandy by Salmond, J. B.

But gin I had kent 'at ye wad like to see me, I wad hae likit weel to come to ye.'

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

Mr. Ericson, I wad hae dune better gin I had kent ye was hearkenin'.'

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George

An I had kent what I ken now,25 I'd never crosst the water Tay, But stayed still at Athole's gates;— He would have made me his lady gay.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various