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  And by my word! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry; So, though the waves are raging white, I'll row you o'er the ferry".             (a) Who is the 'bonny bird' referred in these lines? (b) Do you think that the boatman was brave? What makes you think so? (c) Explain-'the waves are raging white'.

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                  (a) The bonny bird referred to is the boatman himself. (b) Certainly the boatman was a brave man. He was, more than anyone else, aware of the danger he would get into by helping the lovers, yet decided to take them to safety as a mark of his bravery. (c) The line means that the waves were rising to the skies, giving rise to a white foam as they fall on the beach.