English and Scottish ballads, selected and ed. by F.J. Child, Volume 6Francis James Child 1858 |
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Pagina 64 - And when we left the Staneshaw-bank, The wind began full loud to blaw ; But 'twas wind and weet, and fire and sleet> When we came beneath the castle wa'. We crept on knees, and held our breath, Till we placed the ladders against the wa'; And sac ready was Buccleuch himsell To mount the first, before us a'.
Pagina 61 - And have they ta'en him, Kinmont Willie, Against the truce of Border tide, And forgotten that the bauld Buccleuch Is keeper here on the Scottish side...
Pagina 106 - And he's ower to Tividale to drive a prey. The first ae guide that they met wi', * It was high up in Hardhaughswire ; The second guide that they met wi', It was laigh down in Borthwick water. " What tidings, what tidings, my trusty guide ? " " Nae tidings, nae tidings, I hae to thee ; to But gin ye'll gae to the fair Dodhead, Mony a cow's cauf I'll let thee see.
Pagina 61 - I would set that castell in a low, And sloken it with English blood ! There's never a man in Cumberland, M Should ken where Carlisle castell stood. " But since nae war's between the lands, And there is peace, and peace should be ; I'll neither harm English lad or lass, And yet the Kinmont freed shall be...
Pagina 63 - Where be ye gaun, ye broken men ?' Quo' fause Sakelde ; ' come tell to me !' Now Dickie of Dryhope led that band, And the never a word o' lear had he. ' Why trespass ye on the English side ? Row-footed outlaws, stand!' quo' he; The never a word had Dickie to say, Sae he thrust the lance through his fause bodie.
Pagina 134 - Carmichaell bade them speik out plainlie, And cloke no cause for ill nor good ; The other, answering him as vainlie, Began to reckon kin and blood : He raise, and raxed him where he stood, And bade him match him with his marrows ; Then Tindaill heard them reasun rude, And they loot off
Pagina 189 - lyin in a tour, O'er the hills o' Glentanar you'll skip in an hour." — There's grief in the kitchen, and mirth in the ha'; But the Baron o
Pagina 56 - But as they were dealing their blows so free, And both so bloody at the time, Over the moss came ten yeomen so tall, All for to take brave Hughie the Graeme.
Pagina 219 - Were all for battle bound, [Who, marching forth with false Dunbar, A ready welcome found.] * They lighted on the banks of Tweed, And blew their coals sae het, And fired the Merse and Teviotdale, All in an evening late. As they fared up o'er Lammermore, They burn'd baith up and down, Until they came to a darksome house, Some call it Leader-Town.
Pagina 60 - Now word is gane to the bauld Keeper, In Branksome Ha' where that he lay, That Lord Scroope has ta'en the Kinmont Willie, Between the hours of night and day. He has ta'en the table wi...