Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...
Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ... Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...
19$ That ye didna waken your master, Whan ye ken'd that his love was here." " O wyte* na me, now, my master dear, I garr'd a' my young hawks sing, And still I cried, Waken, gude master, For now is the hour and time." " Then be it sae, my wager gane ! 'Twill skaith frae meikle ill;f — — For gif I had found her in bonnie broom-fields, O' her heart's blude ye'd drunken your fill." * Wyte—blame. f ' Twill skaith frae meikle ill, i. e. it will keep me innocent of much evil.
LAIRD OF DRUM. Though this production has never appeared in any collection, it has been printed on a broad- side in the North, where it is extremely popu- lar : the present copy, however, is obtained from recitation. Drum, the property of the ancient, and once powerful family of Irwin or Irvine, is situated in the parish of Drumoak, in Aberdeenshire. This ballad was composed on the marriage of Alexander Irvine of Drum to his second wife, Margaret Coutts, a woman of inferior birth and manners, which step gave great offence to his relations. He had previously, in 1643, mar- ried Mary, fourth daughter of George, second Marquis of Hunt ly.
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- Page 204 and 205: 186 And he has tane Lady Margaret,
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- Page 210 and 211: GEORDIE. There was a battle in the
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LAIRD OF DRUM.<br />
Though this production has <strong>never</strong> appeared in<br />
any collection, it has been printed on a broad-<br />
side in the North, where it is extremely popu-<br />
lar : the present copy, however, is obtained <strong>from</strong><br />
recitation.<br />
Drum, the property of the ancient, <strong>and</strong> once<br />
powerful family of Irwin or Irvine, is situated<br />
in the parish of Drumoak, in Aberdeenshire.<br />
This ballad was composed on the marriage of<br />
Alex<strong>and</strong>er Irvine of Drum to his second wife,<br />
Margaret Coutts, a woman of inferior birth<br />
<strong>and</strong> manners, which step gave great offence to<br />
his relations. He had previously, in 1643, mar-<br />
ried Mary, fourth daughter of George, second<br />
Marquis of Hunt ly.
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