With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, Lord William lookit oer his left shoulder, To see what he could see, And there he spy'd her seven brethren bold, Come riding over the lee. "Light down, light down, Lady Margret," he said, "And hold my steed in your hand, Until that against your seven brethren bold, She held his steed in her milk-white hand, Until that she saw her seven brethren fa, And her father hard fighting, who lovd her so dear. "O hold your hand, Lord William!" she said, "For your strokes they are wondrous sair; True lovers I can get many a ane, But a father I can never get mair." O she's taen out her handkerchief, It was o the holland sae fine, And aye she dighted her father's bloody wounds, 66 "O chuse, O chuse, Lady Margret," he said, He's lifted her on a milk-white steed, With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, O they rade on, and on they rade, And a' by the light of the moon, • Wiped. Until they came to yon wan water, They lighted down to tak a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear, And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says, "For I fear that you are slain; "'Tis naething but the shadow of my scarlet cloak, That shines in the water sae plain." O they rade on, and on they rade, 66 Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, 66 Get up, and let me in! Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, "O mak my bed, lady mother," he says, And lay lady Margret close at my back, Lord William was dead lang ere midnight, And all true lovers that go thegither, May they have mair luck than they! Lord William was buried in St. Mary's kirk, Out o the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose, And they twa met, and they twa plat, * Intertwined. And a' the warld might ken right weel But bye and rade the Black Douglas, For he pulld up the bonny brier, THE TWA SISTERS THERE was twa sisters in a bowr, There was twa sisters in a bowr, There was twa sisters in a bowr, He courted the eldest wi glove an ring, But he lovd the youngest above a' thing. He courted the eldest wi brotch an knife, But lovd the youngest as his life. The eldest she was vexed sair, Into her bowr she could not rest, Upon a morning fair an clear, 66 "O sister, come to yon sea stran, An see our father's ships come to lan." She's taen her by the milk-white han, The younges[t] stood upon a stane, She tooke her by the middle sma, "O sister, sister, tak my han, An Ise mack you heir to a' my lan. "O sister, sister, tak my middle, 4 An yes get my goud and my gouden girdle. "O sister, sister, save my life, An I swear Ise never be nae man's wife." "Foul fa the han that I should tacke, It twin'd' me an my wardles make. "Your cherry cheeks an yallow hair Gars' me gae maiden for evermair.” Sometimes she sank, an sometimes she swam, O out it came the miller's son, "O father, father, draw your dam, Here's either a mermaid or a swan." The miller quickly drew the dam, You coudna see her yallow hair You coudna see her middle sma 1 Current. 2 I will. 3 Ye shall. World's mate. 4 Gold. Causes. * Separated. You coudna see her fingers white, An by there came a harper fine, When he did look that lady upon, He's taen three locks o her yallow hair, The first tune he did play and sing, The nextin tune that he playd syne,' The lasten tune that he playd then, "WHY dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, Edward, Edward, Why dois your brand sae drap wi bluid, 66 OI hae killed my hauke sae guid, Mither, mither, "Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, Edward, Edward, Your haukis bluid was nevir sae reid, Mither, mither • Great. • Then. 1 Go. 2 So good. |