"I find her sweet," quoth little Musgrave, "The more 'tis to my paine; I would gladly give three hundred pounds That I were on yonder plaine." 80 "Arise, arise, thou littell Musgrave, And put thy clothés on; It shal ne'er be said in my country, I have killed a naked man. "I have two swords in one scabberd, 85 Full deere they cost my purse; And thou shalt have the best of them, And I will have the worse." The first stroke that little Musgrave stroke, He hurt Lord Barnard sore; 90 The next stroke that Lord Barnard stroke, Little Musgrave ne're struck more. With that bespake this faire lady, In bed whereas she lay; "Although thou'rt dead, thou little Musgrave, 95 Yet I for thee will pray; "And wish well to thy soule will I, So long as I have life; So will I not for thee, Barnard, Although I am thy wedded wife." 100 He cut her paps from off her brest, (Great pity it was to see,) That some drops of this ladies heart's blood Ran trickling downe her knee. "Woe worth you, woe worth [you], my mery men all, 105 You were ne're borne for my good; Why did you not offer to stay my hand, When ye saw[L108] me wax so wood! "For I have slaine the bravest sir knight That ever rode on steed; 110 So have I done the fairest lady That ever did womans deed. "A grave, a grave," Lord Barnard cryd, "To put these lovers in; But lay my lady on [the] upper hand, 115 For she came of the better kin." 8, lady. 10, pale. 11, Bernards. 22, geight. 28, wed. 29, With that he heard: tyne. 34, sinn. 37, or wake. 55, And ever. 108, see. LORD RANDAL (A). From Jamieson's _Popular Ballads and Songs_, i. 162. "The story of this ballad very much resembles that of _Little Musgrave and Lord Barnard_. The common title is, _The Bonny Birdy_. The first stanza is sung thus:-- 'There was a knight, on a summer's night, Was riding o'er the lee, _diddle_; And there he saw a bonny birdy Was singing on a tree, _diddle_: O wow for day, _diddle_! And dear gin it were day! Gin it were day, and I were away, For I ha'ena lang time to stay.' In the text, the burden of _diddle_ has been omitted; and the name of Lord Randal introduced, for the sake of distinction, and to prevent the ambiguity arising from 'the knight', which is equally applicable to both." The lines supplied by Jamieson have been omitted. Allan Cunningham's "improved" version of the _Bonny Birdy_ may be seen in his _Songs of Scotland_, ii. 130.