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108 of Royalty; yet " Sometimes James Marquis of Mon- trose sided with the Covenanters in Scotland, and very forwardly bestowed his unhappily happy endeavours in their behoof. They pretended to nothing then, less than the preservation of religion, the honour and dig- nity of the king, the laws of the land, and the freedom of that ancient realm, so happily, so valiantly defended in the time of yore, from such powerful enemies as the Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans, by the sweat and blood, with the lives and estates, of their ancestors. But, at last, in the year 1639, Montrose found out that these fair tales were coyn'd of purpose to steal the hearts of the silly and superstitious multitude, and to alienate them from the king, as an enemy to religion and liberty. For the Covenanters did not dissemble to him, but spoke out, that Scotland had been too long governed by kings ; nor could it ever be well with them as long as one Stewart (that's the sirname of the king's family in Scotland) was alive: and in the extir- pation of them, they were first to strike at the head; so that Montrose easily perceived the king's majesty and person was levelled at. Therefore, vehemently detesting so horrible a crime, he resolved to desert the conspirators' side, to frustrate their counsels, to im- poverish their store, to weaken their strength, and with all his might to preserve his majesty and his authority entire and inviolate."— Wishearfs Memoirs of Mon- trose. It would appear that it was during the period of his unfortunate attachment to the Covenanters, that the house of Airly was plundered; for Montrose did not desert that party till 1641.
LORD DONALD. This ballad seems to be of an ancient cast: one version of it, under the title of Lord Randal, has been published in the Border Minstrelsy, vol. 2, p. 291. This copy, which was procured in the north, differs in many respects from that of Lord Randal, and appears to be more com- plete in its detail. Is the Editor of the Border Minstrelsy seri- ous when he says that this ballad, because his version bore the title of Lord Randal, " may have originally regarded the death of Thomas Randolph or Randal, Earl of Murray, nephew to Robert Bruce, and governor of Scotland;" whose death is attributed by our historians to poison, said to have been administered to him by a friar, at the instigation of Edward III. ?
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This ladie has tane * a sair sickne
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" Come doun, come doun, ye wylie pa
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8 But as the traitor she cam near,
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10 They were also believed to be th
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12 foot, which she never knew to be
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14 with the text, but merely transf
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16 " Mitchcock! hey!" the lady did
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18 Whan she cam to the king's court
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20 He has pou'd* out a hundred poun
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28 — "Tell a' your neebours whan
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26 She has kilted* up her green cla
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28 — — — O ilka nettle that t
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30 Whan she cam to the kings court,
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32 Lavele, mil. in the I. Edw. VI.
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34 He was gane a year away, A year
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JOHNIE OF COCKLESMUIR. Though this
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JOHNIE OF COCKLESMUIR. Johnie rose
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40 Johnie shot, and the dun deer la
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42 Up bespak the niest forester, Th
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THE CRUEL MOTHER. The following bal
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THE CRUEL MOTHER. There lives a lad
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48 " They should wear the silk and
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50 speck with her anent the crewall
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52 body to be tane upone the said r
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.54 " At evening when ye sit, And w
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NOTES ON LAIRD OF WARIESTOUN. Till
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Page 78 and 79: LAIRD OF BLACKWOOD. " I lay sick, a
Page 80 and 81: m O ! wae be to thee Blackwood, And
Page 82 and 83: 64 abbreviated. This is a presumpti
Page 84 and 85: tury . 66 ' ' The game of Robin Hoo
Page 86 and 87: 68 bath, by making of Robin Hood Pl
Page 88 and 89: 1 70 But we will cow* our yellow lo
Page 90 and 91: 72 Then up bespak him Robin Hood, A
Page 92 and 93: THE GARDENER. This ballad contains
Page 94 and 95: Weel spread owre wi' the blue blaew
Page 96 and 97: JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. John ie is up to L
Page 98 and 99: 80 , ; But I will write a brade let
Page 100 and 101: 82 There was na ae married man I n
Page 102 and 103: 84 Wi' the queen and her maries* al
Page 104 and 105: . To NOTES JOHNIE BUNEFTAN. Till th
Page 106 and 107: 88 Sir Thomas Urquhart, in his life
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Page 110 and 111: LORD THOMAS OF WINESBERRIE. It fell
Page 112 and 113: 94 Whan this bonnie boy was brought
Page 114 and 115: SWEET WILLIE. "My husband builded m
Page 116 and 117: 98 She said, i; My father was as gl
Page 118 and 119: THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. During t
Page 120 and 121: 102 "Now the committee of estates f
Page 122 and 123: THE BONNIE HOUSE OF AIRLY. O gley'd
Page 124 and 125: 106 He has thrown her out oure her
Page 128 and 129: LORD DONALD. " O whare hae ye been
Page 130 and 131: 112 "What will ye leave to your fat
Page 132 and 133: NOTE ON LORD DONALD. What like were
Page 134 and 135: QUEEN JEANIE. This ballad relates t
Page 136 and 137: QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, queen J
Page 138 and 139: 120 But with sighing and sobbing sh
Page 140 and 141: NOTE QUEEN JEANIE. Queen Jeanie, qu
Page 142 and 143: 124 "There's fey fowk* in our ship,
Page 144 and 145: NOTES BONNIE ANNIE. There s feyfowk
Page 146 and 147: 128 He hied him doun to yon change-
Page 148 and 149: NOTE DUKE OF ATHOL'S NOURICE. He sp
Page 150 and 151: 132 She has dune* her to her father
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Page 154 and 155: 136 the kingdom of Westnesse, the y
Page 156 and 157: HYNDE HORN. " Hynde Horn's bound, l
Page 158 and 159: 140 " Whan ye come to yon high hill
Page 160 and 161: 142 But atween the kitchen and the
Page 162 and 163: 144 knife, sister, and give yoursel
Page 164 and 165: 146 She had na sooner thae words sa
Page 166 and 167: 148 — And ye maun aer * it wi' yo
Page 168 and 169: NOT E THE ELFIN KNICHT, Than the el
Page 170 and 171: 152 in the hurry) into three grey s
Page 172 and 173: 154 For I will sleep in Jamie's arm
Page 174 and 175: WILLIAM GUISEMAN. My name is Willia
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158 Six days she lay in murder, Bef
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LAIRD OF OCHILTREE. This title is g
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162 When the bonnie may gaed hame,
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1G4 He lichted aff his hie, hie, ho
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166 blem of her virgin state, and w
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168 If ye wad be sae guid and kind,
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THE DUKE OF ATHOL Was taken downfro
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172 "But sin* they're all alive, Ja
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GLASGOW PEGGY Is givenfrom recitati
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176 Out bespak the Earl of Hume, An
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178 A' that Peggy left behind Was a
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LADY MARGARET, " The corn is turnin
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182 " Lie still my babe, lie still
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184 But up bespak Lord John's mithe
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186 And he has tane Lady Margaret,
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188 oner till the time appointed fo
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GEORDIE. There was a battle in the
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194 Na bird on the brier e'er sang
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196 And swiftly he rade to the bonn
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19$ That ye didna waken your master
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LAIRD OF DRUM. The Laird o' Drum is
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202 She'll saddle your steed in tim
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204 But an she was ador'd for as mu
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JOCK O' HAZELGREEN. Though not poss
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208 He coft* to her a petticoat, Be
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DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTERS. An
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DUKE OF PERTH'S THREE DAUGHTERS. Th
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214 "Will ye be called a robber's w
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216 Then for their life ye sair sha
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^218 — reign of king Stephen, rel
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220 And she, her father's ae dochte
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But sic a sicht to Ellen fair ! ! S
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224 His lady fair had lang been lai
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226 In this ballad, however, he bea
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HYNDE ETIN, May Marg'ret stood in h
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230 "Now rest ye there, ye saucie M
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CLERK SAUNDERS. Thefollowing is the
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235 — That she might swear, and s
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; ! *' O wae be to my seventhen bro
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239 Yell marry me to the Queen d He
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SWEET WILLIAM AND MAY MARGARET. As
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243 " Your faith and troth ye sanna
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QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION. Henry I
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QUEEN ELEANOR'S CONFESSION. The que
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249 " Confess ! confess !" Earl Mar
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251 " He's headed like a buck," she
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c Whan MARY HAMILTON. I was a babe,
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255 It's there they got a bonnie la
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" But wae be to the Queen hersel, S
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NOTE ON MARY HAMILTON. For ye maun
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261 Which made him to be taken stra
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263 She gied the keeper a piece of
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c >65 His mother she had died o' so
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267 Then to the skipper she did say
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269 She has as meikle gowd upon her
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