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
184 ; ; But cald and dead was that lady^ Nor heeds for a' his niaen An he wad harpit till domisday , Shell never speak again. He's ta'en his harp intill his hand ; Fie harpit and he sang And he is hame to Gib his man As fast as he could gang. " Come forth, come forth, now, Gib, my man. Till I pay you your fee Come forth, come forth, now, Gib, my man; Weel payit sail ye be !" And he has ta'en him, Gib, his man, And he has hang'd him hie ; And he's hangit him o'er his ain yate^, As high as high could be. ;
185 THE YOUNG JOHNSTONE. wv-v^-ww* [Tliis ballad is very old, and relates the issue of a quarrel which arose between two j'oung gentlemen at table, when the hero of the ballad taking fire at the terms in which his companion expresses himself regarding his sister, draws his sword and runs him through the body. He flies from justice, and scarcely reaches his mistress's bower till the deceased's friends, who were in search of him, also arrive; although the young man who was slain was brother to this lady, yet her affection for her lover prompts her to conceal him. Her fidelity is ill reward- ed, for his pursuers no sooner leave the house, than, in a fit of a passion, he stabs her. He immediately repents the rash act, but the wound which he had inflicted proves mortal, and the young lady expires, after forgiv- ing him. The poem has been often published in an incomplete state, under the title of " The Cruel Knight," but Mr Finlay has rendered it more perfect from two recited copies.] JL DUNG Jolinstone and the young coFnel Sat drinking at the wine^, " O gin ye wad marry my sister;, Its I wad marry thine." q3
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185<br />
THE YOUNG JOHNSTONE.<br />
wv-v^-ww*<br />
[Tliis ballad is very old, <strong>and</strong> relates the issue <strong>of</strong> a quarrel<br />
which arose between two j'oung gentlemen at table, when<br />
the hero <strong>of</strong> the ballad taking fire at the terms in which<br />
his companion expresses himself regarding his sister,<br />
draws his sword <strong>and</strong> runs him through the body. He<br />
flies from justice, <strong>and</strong> scarcely reaches his mistress's<br />
bower till the deceased's friends, who were in search <strong>of</strong><br />
him, also arrive; although the young man who was slain<br />
was brother to this lady, yet her affection for her lover<br />
prompts her to conceal him. Her fidelity is ill reward-<br />
ed, for his pursuers no sooner leave the house, than, in<br />
a fit <strong>of</strong> a passion, he stabs her. He immediately repents<br />
the rash act, but the wound which he had inflicted<br />
proves mortal, <strong>and</strong> the young lady expires, after forgiv-<br />
ing him.<br />
The poem has been <strong>of</strong>ten published in an incomplete state,<br />
under the title <strong>of</strong> " The Cruel Knight," but Mr Finlay<br />
has rendered it more perfect from two recited copies.]<br />
JL DUNG Jolinstone <strong>and</strong> the young coFnel<br />
Sat drinking at the wine^,<br />
" O gin ye wad marry my sister;,<br />
Its I wad marry thine."<br />
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