The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5)
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The English and Scottish popular ballads, volume 4 (of 5)
Ballads, English -- England -- Texts; Ballads, Scots -- Scotland -- Texts
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‘O wae be to ye, gleyd Argyll!
And are you there sae rarely?
Ye might hae kept your men at hame,
And no gane to plunder bonnie Airly.’
11
‘O wae be to ye, Captain Ogilvie!
And are you there sae rarely?
Gin ye wad hae bowed when first I bade,
I neer wad hae plunderd bonnie Airly.’
12
‘But gin I had my lady gay,
Bot and my sister Mary,
One fig I wad na gie for ye a’,
Nor yet for the plundering of Airly.’
* * * * *
#A. b.#
1^2. When the corn grew green and yellow.
2^{1,2}. The Duke o Montrose has written to Argyle To come in the
morning early.
2^3. An lead in his men by.
2^4. the bonnie house o Airly.
3^1. The lady lookd oer her window sae hie.
4^1. down Lady Margaret he says.
4^{2,3}. (_cf._ #f.#).
‘Or before the morning clear day light,
I’ll no leave a standing stane in Airly.’
‘I wadna kiss thee, great Argyle,
I wadna kiss thee fairly,
I wadna kiss thee, great Argyle,
Gin you shoudna leave a standing stane in Airly.’
5^1. by the middle sae sma.
5^2. Says, Lady, where is your drury?
5^{3,4}. It’s up and down by the bonnie burn-side, Amang the
planting of Airly.
6^2. They sought it late and early.
6^3. And found: bonnie balm-tree.
7^1. by the left shoulder.
7^3. And led: to yon green bank.
8^1 (10^1). lord had been at hame.
8^2 (10^2). As this night he is wi C.
8^3 (10^3). There durst na a Campbell in a’ the west.
8^4 (10^4). Hae plundered the bonnie house.
9. _Wanting._
10^1 (9^1). O it’s I hae seven braw sons, she says.
10^2 (9^2). And the youngest.
10^3 (9^3). had as mony mae.
10^4 (9^4). to Charlie.
#c.#
_1–5^1 are repeated at p. 54, with some differences._
1^1. fell about a [the] Lammass time.
1^2. corn [the corn] grew green and yellow.
2^1. has gathered three hunder.
2^2. Three hunder men and mair O.
2^3. is on to.
2^4. the bonnie house o A.
3^1. The lady lookit oure the castle-wa.
3^2. she was sorry.
3^3. Whan she saw gleyd Argyle an his [300] men.
4^1. Come down the stair, Lady Airly [he says].
4^2. An it’s ye maun kiss [An kiss me fairly].
4^3. I wad na kiss ye, gleyd Argyll.
4^4. Atho [Tho] ye leave na.
5^1. Come down the stair, Lady Airly, he says.
5^2. An tell whar.
5^3. Up and down the bonnie.
5^4. And by the bonnie bowling-green o.
6. _Wanting._
7^1. took: the milk-white hand.
7^2. And led her fairly.
7^3. Up an down the bonnie water-side.
7^4. the bonnie house o Airly.
8^1. But an: were at hame (=9^1).
8^2. awa wi Charley.
8^3. The best Campbell in a’ your kin.
8^4. Durst na plunder the b. h. o. A.
9. _Wanting._
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