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List of most recent chapters published for the English and Scottish Ballads novel. A total of 329 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compile
English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compiled from the numerous collections of Ballads printed since the beginning of the last century. They contain all but two or three of the _ancient_ ballads of England and S
- 1 English and Scottish Ballads.Volume I.by Various.PREFACE.These volumes have been compiled from the numerous collections of Ballads printed since the beginning of the last century. They contain all but two or three of the _ancient_ ballads of England and S
- 2 Smith." 6 vols. 1820-24.*"The British Minstrel, a Selection of Ballads, Ancient and Modern; with Notes, Biographical and Critical. By John Struthers." Glasgow, 1821."Scarce Ancient Ballads, many never before published." Aberdeen.
- 3 Vol. I. "Old Ballads, from Early Printed Copies of the Utmost Rarity."By J. Payne Collier. 1840."A Collection of Songs and Ballads relative to the London Prentices and Trades, and to the Affairs of London generally, during the 14th, 15th, a
- 4 "A Lytell Geste of Robin Hode, with other Ancient and Modern Ballads and Songs relating to this celebrated Yeoman," &c. By John Mathew Gutch. 2 vols. London. 1847."Sir Hugh of Lincoln: or an Examination of a curious tradition respecting the
- 5 "Niederlandische Volkslieder. Gesammelt und erlautert von Hoffmann von Fallersleben." 2d ed. Hannover, 1856.BOOK I.THE BOY AND THE MANTLE.No incident is more common in romantic fiction, than the employment of some magical contrivance as a test o
- 6 Shee is a b.i.t.c.h and a witch, And a wh.o.r.e bold: King, in thine owne hall Thou art a cuckold." 150 The little boy stoode Looking out a dore; 'And there as he was lookinge He was ware of a wyld bore.'He was ware of a wyld bore, 155 Wold
- 7 And bad them take no greffe, Bot all with loue and with leffe, Euery man ...[L135] with other; 135 Ffor after mete, without distans, The c.o.c.kwolds schuld together danse, Euery man with hys brother.Than began a n.o.bull game: The c.o.c.kwolds together c
- 8 King Arthur then held vp his hand, According thene as was the law; He tooke his leaue of the baron there, And homword can he draw.And when he came to merry Carlile, 20 To his chamber he is gone; And ther came to him his cozen, Sir Gawaine, As he did make
- 9 "Well, cozen Gawaine," sayes Sir Kay, "Thy chance is fallen arright; 195 For thou hast gotten one of the fairest maids, I euer saw with my sight.""It is my fortune," said Sir Gawaine; "For my vnckle Arthurs sake, I am gl
- 10 To see this good knight here be slaine, All for his love in helping mee!" 100 He put his speare into his reste, And to Sir Mordred loud gan crye; "Nowe sette thyself upon thy guarde, For, traitor, nowe thy death is nye."Sir Mordred lifted u
- 11 One winter there I made abode, Then word to mee was brought, Howe Mordred had oppressed the crowne, What treason he had wrought Att home in Brittaine with my queene: 65 Therfore I came with speede To Brittaine backe, with all my power, To quitt that trait
- 12 "His name is Lancelot du Lake, He slew my brother dear; Him I suspect of all the rest; 95 I would I had him here.""Thy wish thou hast, but yet unknown; I am Lancelot du Lake!Now knight of Arthur's Table Round, King Ban's son of Be
- 13 And afterwards I offered upp 85 The use of weapons solemnlye At Winchester, whereas I fought, In sight of manye farr and nye.'But first,' neare Winsor, I did slaye A bore of pa.s.sing might and strength; 90 Whose like in England never was For hu
- 14 And when she was attired so, According to her mother's mind, Unto the stake then did she go, 105 To which her tender limbs they bind; And being bound to stake a thrall, She bade farewell unto them all."Farewell, my father dear," quoth she,
- 15 The king's daughter at length, by lot, Was doomed to work his woe; 130 From her fair hands a fatal shot, Out of a golden bow, Must put a period to the strife; At which grief did her seize.She of her father begg'd his life 135 Upon her bended kne
- 16 'Scho led seuen grew houndis in a leeshe;'And seuen raches by hir they rone; Scho bare a horne abowte hir halse; And vnder hir belte full many a flone. 40 Thomas laye and sawe that syghte, Vnder nethe ane semly tree; He sayd, "yone es Marye
- 17 Thomas sayde than with heuy chere; 215 "Lufly lady, nowe late me bee; Ffor certis, lady, I hafe bene here Noghte bot the s.p.a.ce of dayes three."Ffor sothe, Thomas, als I the telle, Thou hase bene here thre yere and more; 220 Bot langere here t
- 18 Janet has kilted her green kirtle, A little abune her knee; And she has braided her yellow hair, A little abune her bree. 20 And when she came to Carterhaugh, She gaed beside the well; And there she fand his steed standing, But away was himsell.She hadna
- 19 They shaped him in her arms at last, 215 A mother-naked man: She wrapt him in her green mantle, And sae her true love wan!Up then spake the Queen o' Fairies, Out o' a bush o' broom-- 220 "She that has borrow'd young Tamlane, Has g
- 20 "If that piece of courtisie I do to thee, Another thou must do to me. 20 "I have an aiker of good ley land, Which lyeth low by yon sea strand; "It's ye maun till't wi' your touting horn, And ye maun saw't wi' the pe
- 21 "O wyte na me, now, my master dear, I garr'd a' my young hawks sing, 50 And still I cried, Waken, gude master, For now is the hour and time."-- "Then be it sae, my wager gane!'T will skaith frae meikle ill; For gif I had foun
- 22 Says, "Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee; 10 Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be."Her breath grew strang, her hair gr
- 23 Sweet w.i.l.l.y was a widow's son, And at her stirrup he did run; 10 And she was clad in the finest pall, But aye she let the tears down fall."O is your saddle set awrye?Or rides your steed for you ower high?Or are you mourning, in your tide, 15
- 24 "Or does the wind blow in your glove, Or runs your mind on another love?""Nor blows the wind within my glove, Nor runs my mind on another love;""But I not maid nor maiden am, 35 For I'm wi' bairn to another man."&qu
- 25 And he has loosed her left foot shee, And latten that ladye lighter be; And now he has gotten a bonny son, 95 And meikle grace be him upon.57. _Billy Blind_--A familiar genius, or propitious spirit, somewhat similar to the _Brownie_.67-74. Inserted from J
- 26 Then he has staid in bower wi' her 65 For sax lang years and ane, Till sax young sons to him she bare, And the seventh she's brought hame.But aye as ever a child was born, He carried them away, 70 And brought them to his mither's care, As f
- 27 It fell upo' another day, This guid lord he thought lang, 70 And he is to the hunting gane, Took wi' him his dog and gun.Wi' bow and arrow by his side, He's aff, single, alane; And left his seven children to stay 75 Wi' their mith
- 28 He's taken the lady on him behind, Spared neither the gra.s.s nor corn, Till they came to the wood of Amonshaw, 15 Where again their loves were sworn.And they have lived in that wood Full many a year and day, And were supported from time to time, By
- 29 _Aye as the gowans grow gay_; "And ye shall be the eight o' them," 35 _The first morning in May_."O sit down a while, lay your head on my knee,"_Aye as the gowans grow gay_; "That we may hae some rest before that I die,"
- 30 He strack the tap-mast wi' his hand, The fore-mast wi' his knee; And he brake that gallant s.h.i.+p in twain, 75 And sank her in the sea.JAMES HERRIES.From Buchan's _Ballads of the North of Scotland_, (i. 214.) (See the preface to the last
- 31 She's brought them down to yon cellar, She brought them fifty steps and three; 30 She birled wi' them the beer and wine, Till they were as drunk as drunk could be.Then she has lock'd her cellar door, For there were fifty steps and three; &q
- 32 He made address to her, and she Did grant him love immediately; But when her father came to hear, 15 He parted her and her poor dear.Forty miles distant was she sent, Unto his brother's, with intent That she should there so long remain, Till she had
- 33 "The water it is deep," she said, 65 "As it is wondrous dun; But it is sic as a saikless maid And a leal true knight may swim."The knight spurred on his tall black steed, The lady spurred on her brown; 70 And fast they rade unto the fl
- 34 "Come hither, five or three of my knights, And feitch me downe my steed; King Arthur, that foule c.o.c.keward, Hath none such, if he had need. 105 "For I can ryde him as far on a day, As King Arthur can doe any of his on three.And is it not a pl
- 35 With that start out a lodly feend, With seven heads, and one body; The fier towarde the element flaugh, Out of his mouth, where was great plenty. 225 The knight stood in the middle....[_Half a page is wanting._]... the s.p.a.ce of an houre, I know not wha
- 36 "But they bade lang and ay langer, Wi' dout and mickle maen; And wae were the hearts [in merry Carlisle,]For he camena back again." 20 The second brother in like manner set out; but failed in observing the instructions of the Warluck Merlin
- 37 "It's here is come, my sister-son, Frae baith our fathers' land; And I ha'e pledged him faith and troth, That ye will not him bann." 60 "And is he come, thy sister-son, Frae thy father's land to thee?Then I will swear my
- 38 "O tell me, tell me, Tam-a-Line, 115 O tell, an' tell me true; Tell me this nicht, an' mak' nae lee, What way I'll borrow you?""The morn is Hallowe'en nicht, The Elfin court will ride, 120 Through England, and thro&
- 39 "O drowsy, drowsy as I was, Dead sleep upon me fell; The Queen of Fairies she was there, 55 And took me to hersel."The morn at even is Hallowe'en, Our Fairy court will ride, Through England and through Scotland both, Through all the world w
- 40 53, dygh.68, south.THE ELPHIN KNIGHT. (See p. 128.) "The following transcript is a literal copy from the original in the Pepysian library, Cambridge." Motherwell's _Minstrelsy_, Appendix, p.i."A Proper New Ballad, ent.i.tuled, _The Win
- 41 The king is gone from Bambrough Castle, Long may the princess mourn; Long may she stand on the castle wall, Looking for his return.She has knotted the keys upon a string, 5 And with her she has them ta'en, She has cast them o'er her left shoulde
- 42 They kiest kevels them amang, Wha wou'd to the grenewood gang. 5 The kevels they gied thro' the ha', And on the youngest it did fa'.Now she must to the grenewood gang, To pu' the nuts in grenewood hang.She hadna tarried an hour bu
- 43 "Keep well, keep well, your lands and strands, Ye hae that bird within your hands."Now, my son, to your bower ye'll go: Comfort your ladie, she's full o' woe."Now when nine months were come and gane, 105 The lady she brought
- 44 "A helmet o' goud I well may ha'e; 25 But dance wi' thee ne dare I, ne may.""And winna thou dance, Sir Oluf, wi' me?Then sickness and pain shall follow thee!"She's smitten Sir Oluf--it strak to his heart; He ne
- 45 "O mother give thine Arete, bestow her on the stranger, That I may have her solace dear when far away I wander.""Though thou art wise, my Constantine, thou hast unwisely spoken: Be woe my lot or be it joy, who will restore my daughter?"
- 46 "Rise up, rise up, you merry men all, See that you ready be; All children under two years old Now slain they all shall be." [E] crow? [F] rounds? Seynt Stevene was a clerk in kyng Herowdes halle, And servyd him of bred and cloth, as ever kyng be
- 47 English and Scottish Ballads.Volume II.by Various.BOOK II.GLASGERION.The two following ballads have the same subject, and perhaps had a common original. The "Briton GLASKYRION" is honourably mentioned as a harper by Chaucer, in company with Chir
- 48 Similar incidents, with a verbal coincidence in one stanza, occur in the ballad immediately succeeding the present.As it fell one holy-day, _hay downe_, As manybe in the yeare, When young men and maids together did goe, Their mattins and ma.s.se to heare,
- 49 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.Lord Randal wight, on a summer's night, Was riding o'er the lee, And there
- 50 The sets of _Gil Morrice_ in the collections of Herd, Pinkerton, Ritson, &c., are all taken from Percy.Gil Morrice was an erles son, His name it waxed wide: It was nae for his great riches, Nor zet his mickle pride; Bot it was for a lady gay[L5] 5 That li
- 51 His brow was like the mountain snae Gilt by the morning beam; His cheeks like living roses glow; His een like azure stream.The boy was clad in robes of grene, Sweete as the infant spring; And like the mavis on the bush, He gart the vallies ring.122, slait
- 52 PART FIRST.Clerk Saunders and may Margaret, Walked ower yon garden green; And sad and heavy was the love That fell thir twa between."A bed, a bed," Clerk Saunders said, 5 "A bed for you and me!"-- "Fye na, fye na," said may M
- 53 Sweet Willie was a widow's son, And he wore a milk-white weed O; And weel could Willie read and write, Far better ride on steed O.Lady Margerie was the first ladye 5 That drank to him the wine O; And aye as the healths gaed round and round, "Lad
- 54 THE CLERK'S TWA SONS O' OWSENFORD."This singularly wild and beautiful old ballad," says Chambers, (_Scottish Ballads_, p. 345,) "is chiefly taken from the recitation of the editor's grandmother, who learned it, when a girl, n
- 55 O it's they've taen up their mother's mantil, And they've hung it on a pin: 50 "O lang may ye hing, my mother's mantil, Ere ye hap us again."CHILDE VYET.First printed in a complete form in Maidment's _North Countrie
- 56 The incidents of the journey on horseback, and the cruel probation by the dance, are found in the ballad which follows the present (_Fair Janet_), and these coincidences Grundtvig considers sufficient to establish its derivation from the Danish. The _gene
- 57 "If we maun part this love, Janet, It causeth mickle woe; If we maun part this love, Janet, It makes me into mourning go." 30 "But ye maun gang to your three sisters, Meg, Marion, and Jean; Tell them to come to Fair Janet, In case that her
- 58 Out spak Annet's mother dear, An' she spak a word o' pride; Says, "Whare is a' our bride's maidens, They're no busking the bride?" 60 "O haud your tongue, my mother dear, Your speaking let it be, For I'm s
- 59 "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
- 60 That the bonny La.s.s of Lochroyan Was at the yate e'en now."O I hae dream'd a dream, mother, The thought o't gars me greet! 110 That fair Annie o' Lochroyan Lay cauld dead at my feet."-- "Gin it be for Annie of Lochroya
- 61 LORD THOMAS AND FAIR ELLINOR.The four pieces which follow have all the same subject. _Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor_, is given from the _Collection of Old Ballads_, 1723, vol. i. p. 249, where it is ent.i.tled, _A Tragical Ballad on the unfortunate Love of
- 62 "O I did get the rose-water Whair ye wull neir get nane, For I did get that very rose-water 95 Into my mithers wame."The bride she drew a long bodkin Frae out her gay head-gear, And strake fair Annet unto the heart, That word she nevir spak mair
- 63 They werena weel lyen down, And scarcely fa'n asleep, Whan up and stands she, fair Annie, Just up at Willie's feet. 130 "Weel brook ye o' your brown brown bride, Between ye and the wa'; And sae will I o' my winding sheet, Tha
- 64 21-24.G.o.d give you joy, you lovers true, In bride-bed fast asleep; Lo! I am going to my green-gra.s.s grave, And I'm in my winding sheet. HERD'S copy.62. Alluding to the dole anciently given at funerals. P.SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST As already
- 65 As May Marg'ret sat in her bouerie, In her bouer all alone, At the very parting o' midnicht, She heard a mournfu' moan."O is it my father, O is it my mother, 5 Or is it my brother John?Or is it sweet William, my ain true love, To Scotl
- 66 "Farewell," she sayd, "ye virgins all, And shun the fault I fell in: Henceforth take warning by the fall Of cruel Barbara Allen."LORD LOVEL."This ballad, taken down from the recitation of a lady in Roxburghs.h.i.+re, appears to cl
- 67 "Some of you, her maidens, take me by the hand, And show me the chamber Miss Jeanie died in;"He kiss'd her cold lips, which were colder than stane, 55 And he died in the chamber that Jeanie died in.WILLIE AND MAY MARGARET.A fragment obtaine
- 68 "How can I turn to my horse head, And learn how to sowm?I've gotten my mither's malison, 85 Its here that I maun drown!"The very hour this young man sank Into the pot sae deep, Up it waken'd his love, Meggie, Out o' her drows
- 69 He has loupen on the bonny black, He stirr'd him wi' the spur right sairly; 10 But, or he wan the Gatehope-Slack, I think the steed was wae and weary.He has loupen on the bonny grey, He rade the right gate and the ready; I trow he would neither
- 70 "Our time is gone, and now comes on, My dear, that I must leave thee; 110 If longer here I should appear, Mill o' Tiftie he would see me.""I now for ever bid adieu To thee, my Andrew Lammie; Ere ye come back, I will be laid 115 In the
- 71 Her mither raise out o' her bed, And ca'd on baith her women: "What ails ye, Annie, my dochter dear?O Annie, was ye dreamin'?"What dule disturb'd my dochter's sleep? 55 O tell to me, my Annie!"She sighed right sair,
- 72 I wish I were where Helen lies!Night and day on me she cries; And I am weary of the skies, For her sake that died for me. 40 THE LOWLANDS OF HOLLAND.Mr. Stenhouse was informed that this ballad was composed, about the beginning of the last century, by a yo
- 73 Sweet Willie, tell to me.""O it is the bluid o' my grey hounds; 65 They wadna rin for me.""It's nae the bluid o' your hounds, Willie; Their bluid was never so red; But it is the bluid o' my true love, That ye hae sl
- 74 THE CRUEL SISTER.The earliest printed copy of this ballad is the curious piece in _Wit Restor'd_, (1658,) called _The Miller and the King's Daughter_, improperly said to be a parody, by Jamieson and others. (See Appendix.) Pinkerton inserted in
- 75 Intill her bower she coudna rest, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_!Wi' grief and spite she maistly brast, _By the bonny mill-dams o' Binnorie_. 20 Upon a morning fair and clear, _Binnorie, O Binnorie_!She cried upon her sister dear, _By the bonny mill-dam
- 76 "What did ye get for your supper, Lord Donald, my son?What did ye get for your supper, my jollie young man?" 10 "A dish of sma' fishes:--mither, mak my bed sune, For I'm sick at the heart, and I fain wad lie doun.""Whare
- 77 Her mother dear led her through the close, _With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay_; And her brother John set her on her horse, _As the primrose spreads so sweetly_. 60 She lean'd her o'er the saddle-bow, _With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay_, To give him
- 78 _Fine flowers i' the valley_, 70 "That I may stop and breathe awhile,"_Wi' the red, green, and the yellow_."O lead me over into yon stair,"_Fine flowers i' the valley_, "For there I'll lie and bleed nae mair,&q
- 79 She has ta'en out her wee penknife, And there she ended baith their life.She has howked a hole baith deep and wide, She has put them in baith side by side. 10 She has covered them o'er wi' a marble stane, Thinking she would gang maiden hame
- 80 "O hold your tongue, my pretty parrot, 65 Lay not the blame upon me; Your cage will be made of the beaten gold, And the spakes of ivorie."Up then spake the king himself, In the chamber where he lay: 70 "O what ails the pretty parrot, That p
- 81 The Duke o' Perth had three daughters, Elizabeth, Margaret, and fair Marie; And Mary's to the greenwud gane, To pu' the rose and the fair lilie.She hadna pu'd a rose, a rose, 45 A double rose, but barely three, When up and started a Lo
- 82 Buchan's version, (_Lord John's Murder_, ii. 20,) it will be seen, supplies this deficiency.Young Johnstone and the young Col'nel Sat drinking at the wine: "O gin ye wad marry my sister, It's I wad marry thine.""I wadna
- 83 "But fare ye weel, my ae fause love, 25 That I have loved sae lang!It sets ye chuse another love, And let young Benjie gang."-- Then Marjorie turn'd her round about, The tear blinding her ee,-- 30 "I darena, darena let thee in, But I&#
- 84 "A grave, a grave!" lord Barnaby cried, "A grave to lay them in; My lady shall lie on the sunny side, 95 Because of her n.o.ble kin."But oh, how sorry was that good lord, For a' his angry mood, Whan he beheld his ain young son All
- 85 1. MS. silven. See vv. 25, 53, 70, 72.11. out out.25. Sic in MS.CLERK SAUNDERS. See p. 45.From Jamieson's _Popular Ballads and Songs_, i. 83."The following copy was transmitted by Mrs. Arrott of Aberbrothick.The stanzas, where the seven brothers
- 86 "There is nae room at my head, Margaret, As little at my feet; 140 There is nae room at my twa sides, For a lady to lie and sleep."But gae hame, gae hame, now, May Margaret, Gae hame and sew your seam; For if ye were laid in your weel-made bed,
- 87 From Buchan's _Ballads of the North of Scotland_, i. 97."Hey love Willie, and how love Willie, And Willie my love shall be; They're thinking to sinder our lang love, Willie; It's mair than man can dee."Ye'll mount me quickly
- 88 "But where will I get a pretty little boy, That will win hose and shoon; That will go quickly to Strawberry Castle, And bid my lord come doun?" 30 "O here am I, a pretty little boy, That will win hose and shoon; That will rin quickly to Str
- 89 NOTE to v. 49-72.--A similar pa.s.sage is found at p. 94 of this volume, v. 33-36, also vol. v. p. 178, v. 97-108, and p. 402, v.169-176, and in the Scandinavian ballads cited in the preface to this ballad. In these last the lady frees herself from the pr
- 90 "When shall stones dance on the water, Merry son of mine?" 55 "When a feather sinks to the bottom, O dear mother mine.""When shall feathers sink to the bottom, Merry son of mine?""When we all shall come to judgment, 60 O
- 91 Unto his violl he made him a bridge._With_, &c.What did he do with her veynes so blewe?_With_, &c.He made him strings to his viole thereto. 20 _With_, &c.What did he doe with her eyes so bright?_With_, &c.Upon his violl he played at first sight._With_, &c
- 92 "O what gat ye at your grandmother's, 5 My little wee croodlin doo?""I got a bonnie wee fis.h.i.+e; Mak my bed, mammie, noo.""O whaur did she catch the fis.h.i.+e, My bonnie wee croodlin doo?" 10 "She catch'd i
- 93 THE THREE KNIGHTS. See p. 251.From the second edition of Gilbert's _Ancient Christmas Carols_, &c.p. 68.There did three Knights come from the West, _With the high and the lily oh_!And these three Knights courted one Lady, _As the rose was so sweetly
- 94 She had her to her father's ha', _Edinbro'_, _Edinbro'_, She had her to her father's ha', _Stirling for aye_; She had her to her father's ha', She was the meekest maid amang them a', _So proper Saint Johnston s
- 95 LADY DIAMOND.From the Percy Society Publications, xvii. 71. The same in Buchan, ii. 206. The ballad is given in Sharpe's _Ballad Book_, under the t.i.tle of _Dysmal_, and by Aytoun, _Ballads of Scotland_, 2d ed., ii.173, under that of _Lady Daisy_. A
- 96 From Bell's _Ballads of the Peasantry of England_, p. 122.This ballad, which was printed by Bell from the recitation of an old Northumberland fiddler, is defective in the tenth and the last stanzas, and has suffered much from corruption in the course
- 97 "A voi taje[L11] na frasca, Per ombra al me cava."[L12] Lesta con la spadenna[L13] Al cor a j ha pa.s.sa. "Va la, va la, Sior Conte, Va la nte quei boscon;[L16] Le spenni[L17] e li serpenti Saran toi[L18] compagnon." 1 guarda ben, Monf
- 98 English and Scottish Ballads.volume 3.by Various.BOOK III.CONTINUED.EARL RICHARD.A fragment of this gloomy and impressive romance, (corresponding to v.21-42,) was published in Herd's _Scottish Songs_, i. 184, from which, probably, it was copied into
- 99 "Come to my arms, my dear Willie, You're welcome hame to me; 10 To best o' cheer and charcoal red,[L11]And candle burning free."-- "I winna light, I darena light, Nor come to your arms at a'; A fairer maid than ten o' yo
- 100 It's fifty miles to Sittingen's rocks, As ever was ridden or gane; And Earl Robert has wedded a wife, But he dare na bring her hame._And Earl Robert has wedded a wife_, &c. 5 His mother, she call'd to her waiting-maid: "O bring me a pi