Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...

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Out bespak the Earl of Hume,
And O but he spak wondrous sorry,
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" The bonniest lass about a' Glasgow toun,
This day is awa wi' a hieland laddie."
As they rade bye auld Drymen toun,
The lassies leueh* and lookit saucy,
That the bonniest lass they ever saw,
•Sudf be riding awa wi' a hieland laddie.
They rode on through moss and muir,:};
And so did they owre mountains many,
Until that they cam to yonder glen,
And she's lain doun wi' her hieland laddie.
Gude green hay was Peggy's bed,
And brakens§ war her blankets bonnie;
Wi' his tartan plaid aneath her head,
And she's lain doun wi' her hieland laddie.
"There's beds andbowsters|| in my father's house,
There's sheets and blankets, and a' thing ready,
* Leuch—laughed, f Sud—should. \ Moss and muir—marsh
and moor. § Brakens—fern. II Bowsters—bolsters.