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
76 He's gien him twenty punds for the gude horsC;, Baith in goiid and gude monie He's gien him ane o' his best milk ky^ To maintain his -wife and children tlirie. Then Dickie lap a loup fu' hie. And I wat a loud laugh laughed he— " I wish the neck o* the third horse were broken^ ; ; If ony of the twa were better than he !" Then Dickie's come hame to his wife again; Judge ye how the poor fule had sped He has gien her twa-score English punds. For the thrie auld coverlets ta'en aff her bed. " And tak thee these twa as gude ky, I trow, as a thy thrie might be ^nd yet here is a white-footed nagie, I trow he'll carry baith thee and me. " But I may nae langer in Cumberland bide The Armstrangs they would hang me hie.** So Dickie's ta'en leave at lord and master. And at Burgh under Stanmuir there dwells he» ! ;
77 JOCK O" THE side: [Tradition is the only foundation on which this story rests ; yet when we consider the state of those times, and the restless and undjunted spirit of the borderers, it may be presumed that such a circumstance actually took place Jock o' the Side appears from the bailad to have been nephew to the Laird of .Vlangertoun, and consequently cousin to the laird's sons Jock and Wat, two of his deliverers.] INow Llddesdale has ridden a raid, Buv I wat they hfid better staid at hame; For Michael o' Winfield he is dead, And Jock o' the Side is prisoner ta'en. For Mangerton house Lady Downie has gane. Her coats she has kilted up to her knee And down the water wi' speed she riiis. While the tears, in spaits^ fa' fast frae her e'e. Then up and bespake the Lord Mangerton, '' What news, wh.it news, sister Downie, to me ?" ^^ Bad news, bad news, my Lord Mangerton, Michael is killed, and ta'en they hae my son Joanie.' g3 ;
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77<br />
JOCK O" THE side:<br />
[Tradition is the only foundation on which this story rests ;<br />
yet when we consider the state <strong>of</strong> those times, <strong>and</strong> the<br />
restless <strong>and</strong> undjunted spirit <strong>of</strong> the borderers, it may<br />
be presumed that such a circumstance actually took<br />
place Jock o' the Side appears from the bailad to<br />
have been nephew to the Laird <strong>of</strong> .Vlangertoun, <strong>and</strong> consequently<br />
cousin to the laird's sons Jock <strong>and</strong> Wat, two<br />
<strong>of</strong> his deliverers.]<br />
INow Llddesdale has ridden a raid,<br />
Buv I wat they hfid better staid at hame;<br />
For Michael o' Winfield he is dead,<br />
And Jock o' the Side is prisoner ta'en.<br />
For Mangerton house Lady Downie has gane.<br />
Her coats she has kilted up to her knee<br />
And down the water wi' speed she riiis.<br />
While the tears, in spaits^ fa' fast frae her e'e.<br />
Then up <strong>and</strong> bespake the Lord Mangerton,<br />
'' What news, wh.it news, sister Downie, to me ?"<br />
^^ Bad news, bad news, my Lord Mangerton,<br />
Michael is killed, <strong>and</strong> ta'en they hae my son Joanie.'<br />
g3<br />
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