A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc A collection of ancient and modern Scottish ballads, etc
82 They scarce tlie ither side had won. When twenty men they saw pursue ; Frae Newcastle toun tliey had been sent, A' English lads baith stout and true. But when the land-sergeant * the water saw, ** It winna ride, my lads/* quo* he; Then out he cries, " Ye the prisoner may tak«. But leave the aims, I pray, to me." *' I wat weel no/' cried the Laird's Jock; " I'll keep them a' ; shoon to my mare they'll be My gude bay mare,—for I am sure She's bought them a' lu' dear frae thee." Sae now they're awa for Liddesdale, E'en as fast as they could them hie The prisoner's brought to his ain fire-side. And there o's aims they mak him free. " Now, Jock, my billie," quo' a' the three, *' The day was com'd thou was to die But thou's as weel at thy ain fire-side. Now sitting, I think, 'tween thee and me/* They hae garr'd fill up ae punch bowl. And after it they maun hae anither And thus the night they a' hae spent. Just as they had been brither and brither. * An officer under the wardeOk ; ; ;
.83 HOBBIE NOBLE. [The hero of this ballad was an English outlaw, who had taken shelter on the Scottish frontier; and, it will have been observed, was one of the deliverers of Jock o' the Side. His frequent inroads into England n)ade him dread- ed b}' his countrymen, who, unable to cut him off by fair or honourable means, had recourse to those of a sinister nature. Five of the Armstrongs, the principal of whom is called Sim o* the Mains, accepted a bride to decoy him in. to England, which they effected, by pretending the great- - est friendship for him, and proposing a predatory incur- sion into that country; the unsuspecting freebooter agreed ^ to their proposal, fell into the snare prepared for him, and was executed at Carlisle the day after he was taken. The Laird of Mangertoun, who was under obligations to Noble for the delivery of his nephew, was enraged at the perfidy of his clan, and took revenge on the traitors who betrayed him. Sim o' the Mains escaped his resentment by flying into England, where, having committed some crime, he was executed a short time afterwards] Foul fa' the breast first treason bred in That Liddesdale may safely say : For in it there was baith meat and drink^ And corn unto our geldings gay. !
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.83<br />
HOBBIE NOBLE.<br />
[The hero <strong>of</strong> this ballad was an English outlaw, who had<br />
taken shelter on the <strong>Scottish</strong> frontier; <strong>and</strong>, it will have<br />
been observed, was one <strong>of</strong> the deliverers <strong>of</strong> Jock o' the<br />
Side. His frequent inroads into Engl<strong>and</strong> n)ade him dread-<br />
ed b}' his countrymen, who, unable to cut him <strong>of</strong>f by fair<br />
or honourable means, had recourse to those <strong>of</strong> a sinister<br />
nature. Five <strong>of</strong> the Armstrongs, the principal <strong>of</strong> whom is<br />
called Sim o* the Mains, accepted a bride to decoy him in.<br />
to Engl<strong>and</strong>, which they effected, by pretending the great-<br />
- est friendship for him, <strong>and</strong> proposing a predatory incur-<br />
sion into that country; the unsuspecting freebooter agreed<br />
^ to their proposal, fell into the snare prepared for him,<br />
<strong>and</strong> was executed at Carlisle the day after he was taken.<br />
The Laird <strong>of</strong> Mangertoun, who was under obligations to<br />
Noble for the delivery <strong>of</strong> his nephew, was enraged at the<br />
perfidy <strong>of</strong> his clan, <strong>and</strong> took revenge on the traitors who<br />
betrayed him. Sim o' the Mains escaped his resentment<br />
by flying into Engl<strong>and</strong>, where, having committed<br />
some crime, he was executed a short time afterwards]<br />
Foul fa' the breast first treason bred in<br />
That Liddesdale may safely say :<br />
For in it there was baith meat <strong>and</strong> drink^<br />
And corn unto our geldings gay.<br />
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