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 ...
LORD BEICHAN AND SUSIE PYE. Another version of this ballad, differing considerablyfrom the present, will be found in Mr. Jamiesons Collection, vol. 2, p. 17. Young Beiclian was in London born, He was a man of hie degree; He past thro' monie kingdoms great, Until he cam unto Grand Turkie. He view'd the fashions of that land, Their way of worship viewed he But unto onie of their stocks* He wadna sae much as bow a knee * Stocks-—objects of idolatry. ; :
261 Which made him to be taken straight, And brought afore their hie jurie The savage Moor did speak upricht, And made him meikle ill to dree. In ilka shoulder they've bor'd a hole, And in ilka hole they've put a tree; They've made him to draw carts and wains, Till he was sick and like to dee. But young Beichan was a Christian born, And still a Christian was he; Which made them put him in prison Strang, And cauld and hunger sair to dree; And fed on nocht but bread and water, Until the day that he mot* dee. In this prison there grew a tree, And it was unco stout and Strang; Where he was chained by the middle, Until his life was almaist gane. * Mot—-might. ;
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LORD BEICHAN AND SUSIE PYE.<br />
Another version of this ballad, differing considerably<strong>from</strong><br />
the present, will be found in Mr. Jamiesons<br />
Collection, vol. 2, p. 17.<br />
Young Beiclian was in London born,<br />
He was a man of hie degree;<br />
He past thro' monie kingdoms great,<br />
Until he cam unto Gr<strong>and</strong> Turkie.<br />
He view'd the fashions of that l<strong>and</strong>,<br />
Their way of worship viewed he<br />
But unto onie of their stocks*<br />
He wadna sae much as bow a knee<br />
* Stocks-—objects of idolatry.<br />
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