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English and Scottish Ballads Novel Chapters
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
- 129 "How she would stap you in her poke, I wot at that she wadna fail; 170 And boil ye in her auld bra.s.s pan, And of ye mak right gude kail."And she would meal you with millering That she gathers at the mill, And mak you thick as any daigh; 175 An
- 128 But when they came unto the place, Where marriage-rites were done, 90 She proved herself a dukes daughter, And he but a squires sonne."Now marrye me, or not, sir knight, Your pleasure shall be free: If you make me ladye of one good towne, 95 Ile make
- 127 In anger he went to the Queen, Who fell upon her knee; He said, "You false, unchaste woman, What's this you've done to me?"The Queen then turn'd herself about, 65 The tear blinded her ee-- "There's not a knight in a'
- 126 All woe-begone was that faire damselle, And the salt teares fell from her eye; When lo! as she rode by a rivers side, She met with a tinye boye. 120 A tinye boy she mette, G.o.d wot, All clad in mantle of golde; He seemed noe more in mans likenesse, Then
- 125 Gunnild her name; and he gave her To him who with love had asked for her,-- The n.o.ble Emperor Henry.She remained not long with him, Because by felons, who had no reason To blame her calumniously, She was charged with shame: To the Emperor was she accuse
- 124 Nowe daye was gone, and night was come, And all were fast asleepe, All save the ladye Emmeline, 55 Who sate in her bowre to weepe: And soone shee heard her true loves voice Lowe whispering at the walle: "Awake, awake, my deare ladye, Tis I, thy true
- 123 He strack the door hard wi' his foot, 125 Sae has he wi' his knee, And iron locks and iron bars Into the floor flung he: "Be not afraid, Burd Ellen," he says, "There's nane come in but me. 130 "Tak up, tak up my bonny yo
- 122 Up then rose the faire Ellen, And gave his steede corne and hay; And soe shee did the good black oates, To carry him the better awaye.She leaned her back to the manger side, 145 And grievouslye did groane; She leaned her back to the manger side, And there
- 121 Out and spak the brisk young bride, In bride-bed where she lay,-- "I think I hear my sister Annie, And I wish weel it may; For a Scotish lord staw her awa, 105 And an ill death may he die.""Wha was your father, my girl," she says, &quo
- 120 "You're welcome to your house, Lord Thomas; You're welcome to your land; You're welcome, with your fair ladye, That you lead by the hand. 50 "You're welcome to your ha's, ladye, Your welcome to your bowers; You're w
- 119 The king he turned him round aboute, And in his heart was woe: 100 "Is there never a knighte of my round table This matter will undergoe?"Is there never a knighte amongst yee all Will fight for my daughter and mee?Whoever will fight yon grimme S
- 118 The Eldridge knighte, he p.r.i.c.ked his steed; Syr Cauline bold abode: Then either shooke his trustye speare, 100 And the timber these two children bare Soe soone in sunder slode.Then tooke they out theyr two good swordes, And layden on full faste, Till
- 117 He strucke upon his harpe agayne, And playd both fayre and free; The ladye was so pleasde theratt, 235 She laught loud laughters three."Nowe sell me thy harpe," sayd the kyng of Spayne, "Thy harpe and stryngs eche one, And as many gold n.o.
- 116 "You have a daughter," sayd Adler yonge, "Men call her bright and sheene; My brother wold marrye her to his wiffe, Of Englande to be queene.""Yesterdaye was att my dere daughter 45 The king his sonne of Spayn; And then she nicked
- 115 _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, i. 299.In singing, the interjection O is added to the second and fourth lines.The king sits in Dunfermline town, Drinking the blude-red wine: "O whare will I get a skeely skipper To sail this new s.h.i.+p of mine?
- 114 She's laid him on a dressin board, Whar she did often dine; 30 She stack a penknife to his heart, And dress'd him like a swine.She row'd him in a cake of lead, Bade him ly still and sleep, She threw him i' the Jew's draw-well, 35
- 113 Yet one of them more hard of heart, Did vowe to do his charge, Because the wretch, that hired him, 95 Had paid him very large.The other won't agree thereto, So here they fall to strife; With one another they did fight, About the childrens life: 100 A
- 112 Queen Mary came tripping down the stair, Wi' the gold strings in her hair: "O whare's the little babie," she says, "That I heard greet sae sair?""O hald your tongue, Queen Mary, my dame, 25 Let all those words go free; I
- 111 Scott's edition of _Mary Hamilton_, (the first ever published,) was made up by him, from various copies. See _Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border_, iii. 294.Marie Hamilton's to the kirk gane, Wi' ribbons in her hair; The King thought mair o&#
- 110 Then he cut aff her head Fra her lily breast bane, And he hung 't up in the kitchen, It made a' the ha' s.h.i.+ne. 90 The lord sat in England A-drinking the wine: "I wish a' may be weel Wi' my lady at hame; For the rings o�
- 109 "He winna still, lady, Till ye come down yoursel." 60 O the firsten step she steppit, She steppit on a stane; But the neisten step she steppit, She met him, Lamkin."O mercy, mercy, Lamkin! 65 Ha'e mercy upon me!Though you've ta�
- 108 YOUNG WATERS.First published on an octavo sheet, by Lady Jean Home, about the middle of the last century, and from this copy reprinted in Percy's _Reliques_, (ii. 227.) Buchan has a version (i. 15) twenty-five stanzas longer than the present, which i
- 107 He look'd atween him and the sun, And a' to see what there might be, 80 Till he spied a man in armour bright, Was riding that way most hastilie."O wha is yon, that came this way, Sae hastilie that hither came?I think it be my brother dear,
- 106 For he has kill'd a gallant squire, Whase friends are out to tak him.Now he has gane to the house o' Mar, 5 Whar nane might seik to find him; To see his dear he did repair, Weining she wold befreind him."Whar are ye gaing Sir James," s
- 105 Some of Scott's verses are also found in Herd's fragment, (_Scottish Songs_, i. 202,) and Buchan's _Haughs o' Yarrow_, ii. 211. _The Dowy Den_, in Evans's collection, iii. 342, is the _caput mortuum_ of this spirited ballad.Late a
- 104 By Arthur's dale as late I went, I heard a heavy moan; I heard a lady lamenting sair.And ay she cried "ohon!""Ohon, alas! what shall I do, 5 Tormented night and day?I never loved a love but ane, And now he's gone away."But I
- 103 "Muckle can a woman do, ye canna do for me.-- Lay about, steer about, lay our s.h.i.+p cannie, 21 Do all you can to save my dear Annie.""I've laid about, steer'd about, laid about cannie, But all I can do, she winna sail for me.Ye
- 102 And they cast kevils them amang, And kevils them between; 10 And they cast kevils them amang, Wha suld gae kill the king.O some said yea, and some said nay, Their words did not agree; Till up and got him, Fause Foodrage, 15 And swore it suld be he.When be
- 101 "Sleepe you, wake you, faire Sir Gyles?Or be you not within?Sleepe you, wake you, faire Sir Gyles, 15 Arise and let me inn.""O I am waking, sweete," he said, "Sweete ladye, what is your will?""I have onbethought me of a
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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&#
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- 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
- 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?"
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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&
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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