Love Gregor started frae his sleep, And to his mother did say, "I dreamt a dream this night, mither, 95 That maks my heart richt wae; "I dreamt that Annie of Lochroyan, The flower o' a' her kin, Was standin' mournin' at my door, But nane wad lat her in." 100 "O there was a woman stood at the door, Wi' a bairn intill her arms; But I wadna let her within the bower, For fear she had done you harm." O quickly, quickly raise he up, 105 And fast ran to the strand; And there he saw her, fair Annie, Was sailing frae the land. And "heigh, Annie!" and "how, Annie! O, Annie, winna ye bide?" 110 But ay the louder that he cried "Annie," The higher rair'd the tide. And "heigh, Annie!" and "how, Annie! O, Annie, speak to me!" But ay the louder that he cried "Annie," 115 The louder rair'd the sea. The wind grew loud, and the sea grew rough, And the ship was rent in twain; And soon he saw her, fair Annie, Come floating o'er the main. 120 He saw his young son in her arms, Baith toss'd aboon the tide; He wrang his hands, and fast he ran, And plunged in the sea sae wide. He catch'd her by the yellow hair, 125 And drew her to the strand; But cald and stiff was every limb, Before he reach'd the land. O first he kist her cherry cheek, And syne he kist her chin; 130 And sair he kist her ruby lips, But there was nae breath within. O he has mourn'd o'er fair Annie, Till the sun was ganging down; Syne wi' a sich his heart it brast, 135 And his saul to heaven has flown. THE LASS OF LOCHROYAN. _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, iii. 199. "This edition of the ballad is composed of verses selected from three MS. copies, and two obtained from recitation. Two of the copies are in Herd's MS.; the third in that of Mrs. Brown of Falkland." Lord Gregory is represented in Scott's version, "as confined by fairy charms in an enchanted castle situated in the sea." But Jamieson assures us that when a boy he had frequently heard this ballad chanted in Morayshire, and no mention was ever made of enchantment, or "fairy charms." "Indeed," he very justly adds, "the two stanzas on that subject [v. 41-52,] are in a style of composition very peculiar, and different from the rest of the piece, and strongly remind us of the interpolations in the ballad of _Gil Morris_." "O wha will shoe my bonny foot? And wha will glove my hand? And wha will lace my middle jimp Wi' a lang, lang linen band?