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

JOHNIE BUNEFTAN.
John ie is up to London gane,
Three quarters o' the year;
And he is up to London gane,
The king's banner for to bear.
He had na been in fair London,
A twalmonth and a while,
Till the king's ae dochter,
To Johnie gangs wi' child.
O word is to the queen hersel,
In parlour where she sat,
That the king's ae dochter goes wi' child
To Jack that little Scot.
O word is to the kitchen gane,
And word is to the ha/