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
10^1 (7^1). Seven sons have I born, she says.
10^2 (7^2). The eight: its.
10^3 (7^3). Altho: as many mare.
10^4 (7^4). a’ to fight for Charley.
#d.#
1^2. When corn grew green.
2^1. has hired.
2^2. A hundred men and mairly.
2^3. to the.
2^4. the b. h. of A.
3^1. The lady lookit over her window.
3^2. lookit waely.
3^3. she saw.
3^4. Coming.
4^3. I wadna kiss the great.
4^4. Tho you.
5^1. by the milk-white hand.
5^2. Lady, where’s your.
5^3. It’s up and down yon bonny burn-side.
5^4. It shines in the bowling-green of A.
6^2. sought it late and early.
6^3. They’ve found: the bonny cherry-tree.
6^4. That grows in.
_Between 6 and 7_:
There is ae favour I ask of thee,
I beg but ye’ll grant it fairly:
That ye will take me to yon high hill-top,
That I maunna see the burning of Airly.
7^1. by the left shoulder.
7^2. lookit queerly.
7^4. he’s led.
7^4. the b. h. of A.
_Between 7 and 8_:
He’s taen her by the milk-white hand,
He’s led her right and fairly;
He’s led her to yon high hill-top,
Till they’ve burned the bonny house of Airly.
8^2. away wi Prince Charlie.
8^3. The great Argyle and a’ his men.
8^4. Wadna hae plunderd the b. h. of A.
9. _Wanting._
10^3. And if I had a hundred men.
10^4. to Prince.
#e.#
1^2. When the corn grew green and yellow.
2^2. A hundred men and mairly.
2^3. he has gone to.
2^4. the bonny house of Airly.
3^1. The lady looked over her window.
3^2. looked.
3^4. Coming.
4^1. down, madam, he says.
4^3. thee, great Argyle.
4^4. If you.
5^1. by the middle so small.
5^2. Says, Lady, where is your.
5^3. It is up and down the bonny burn-side.
5^4. Among the plantings of A.
6^2. They sought it late and early.
6^3. And found it in the bonny palm-tree.
7^1. by the left shoulder.
7^2. she looked weary.
7^3. down on the green bank.
7^4. he plundered the b. h. of A.
8^1. O if my lord was at home: this night _wanting_.
8^2. As this night he’s wi Charlie.
8^{3,4}. Great Argyle and all his men Durst not plunder the b. h.
of A.
9. _Wanting._
10^1. ’Tis ten: unto him _wanting_.
10^3. But though.
10^4. to Charlie.
#f.#
1^2. When the clans were a’ wi Charlie.
2^1. has called a hundred o his men.
2^2. To come in the morning early.
2^3. And they hae gane down by.
2^4. plunder the b. h. of A.
3^1. L. O. looked frae her window sae hie.
3^2. she grat sairly.
3^3. To see Argyle and a’ his men.
4^1. down, Lady Ogilvie, he cried.
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