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 ...

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224 His lady fair had lang been laid Down by yon willow tree, That now waves o'er her daughter's grave, With her lov'd Henerie. Her brother and her father dear Sleep sound down by yon brae, 'Twas a' owing to her brother's proud heart, That brought sae meikle wae. Lang may Lord Henry's mother look Her ain dear son to see; He lies beside his Ellen dear, Beneath the willow tree.

HYNDE ETIN. A sanguine antiquary might, perhaps, with some probability, discover, in this ballad, a frag- ment of the tale or romance of the i Reyde Eyt- tyn vitht the thre heydis,' mentioned in the 6 Complaynt of Scotland/ Dr. Leyden, in his preliminary dissertation to that work, p. 235, speaking of such romances, remarks that they are either lost, or only exist as popular tales. "The Red Etin is still a popular character in Scotland; and, according to the vulgar etymolo- gy of his name, is always represented as an insa- tiable gormandizer on red or raw flesh, and ex- claiming, as in the story of Jack and the Bean- stalk, " Snouk butt, snouk ben, I find tbe smell of earthly men."

HYNDE ETIN.<br />

A sanguine antiquary might, perhaps, with<br />

some probability, discover, in this ballad, a frag-<br />

ment of the tale or romance of the i Reyde Eyt-<br />

tyn vitht the thre heydis,' mentioned in the<br />

6 Complaynt of Scotl<strong>and</strong>/ Dr. Leyden, in his<br />

preliminary dissertation to that work, p. 235,<br />

speaking of such romances, remarks that they<br />

are either lost, or only exist as popular tales.<br />

"The Red Etin is still a popular character in<br />

Scotl<strong>and</strong>; <strong>and</strong>, according to the vulgar etymolo-<br />

gy of his name, is always represented as an insa-<br />

tiable gorm<strong>and</strong>izer on red or raw flesh, <strong>and</strong> ex-<br />

claiming, as in the story of Jack <strong>and</strong> the Bean-<br />

stalk,<br />

" Snouk butt, snouk ben,<br />

I find tbe smell of earthly men."

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