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 ...
262 The savage Moor had but ae docbter, And her name it was Susie Pye And ilka day as she took the air, The prison door she passed bye. But it fell ance upon a day, As she was walking, she heard him sing; She listen'd to his tale of woe, A happy day for young Beichan " My hounds they all go masterless ? My hawks they flee frae tree to tree, My youngest brother will heir my lands, My native' land I'll never see." " O were I but the prison-keeper, As I'm a ladie o' hie degree, I soon wad set this youth at large, And send him to his ain countrie." She went away into her chamber, All nicht she never clos'd her ee; And when the morning begoud to dawn, At the prison door alane was she. ; !
263 She gied the keeper a piece of gowd, And monie pieces o' white monie, To tak her thro' the holts and hars, The lord frae Scotland she lang'd to see: She saw young Beichan at the stake, Which made her weep maist bitterlie. " O hae ye got onie lands," she says, "Or castles in your ain countrie? It's what wad ye gie to the ladie fair Wha out o' prison wad set you free?" " It's I hae houses, and I hae lands, Wi' monie castles fair to see, And I wad gie a' to that ladie gay, Wha out o' prison wad set me free." The keeper syne brak an his chains, And set Lord Beichan at libertie : She fill'd his pockets baith wi' gowd, To tak him till his ain countrie. She took him frae her father's prison, And gied to him the best o' wine; —
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262<br />
The savage Moor had but ae docbter,<br />
And her name it was Susie Pye<br />
And ilka day as she took the air,<br />
The prison door she passed bye.<br />
But it fell ance upon a day,<br />
As she was walking, she heard him sing;<br />
She listen'd to his tale of woe,<br />
A happy day for young Beichan<br />
" My hounds they all go masterless ?<br />
My hawks they flee frae tree to tree,<br />
My youngest brother will heir my l<strong>and</strong>s,<br />
My native' l<strong>and</strong> I'll <strong>never</strong> see."<br />
" O were I but the prison-keeper,<br />
As I'm a ladie o' hie degree,<br />
I soon wad set this youth at large,<br />
And send him to his ain countrie."<br />
She went away into her chamber,<br />
All nicht she <strong>never</strong> clos'd her ee;<br />
And when the morning begoud to dawn,<br />
At the prison door alane was she.<br />
; !
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