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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 11
" Gae, fetcli a Aveb o' the silken claith,
" Another o"" the twine,
" And wap tliem into our ship^s side,
" And let na the sea come in."
They fetched a web o' the silken claith,
iVnother o' the twine,
And tliey wapped them round that gude ship's side,
But still the sea came in.
O laith, laith, were oiu* gude Scots lords
To weet their cork-heePd shoon !
But lang or a'' the play was play"'d,
They wat their hats aboon.
And mony was the feather-bed.
That flatter''d * on the faem ;
And mony was the gude lord's son,
That never mair cam hame.
The ladyes wrang their fingers white.
The maidens tore their hair,
A' for the sake of their true loves ;
For them they'll see nae mair.
" Flattered — Fluttered, or rather floated, on the foam.
" Gae, fetcli a Aveb o' the silken claith,
" Another o"" the twine,
" And wap tliem into our ship^s side,
" And let na the sea come in."
They fetched a web o' the silken claith,
iVnother o' the twine,
And tliey wapped them round that gude ship's side,
But still the sea came in.
O laith, laith, were oiu* gude Scots lords
To weet their cork-heePd shoon !
But lang or a'' the play was play"'d,
They wat their hats aboon.
And mony was the feather-bed.
That flatter''d * on the faem ;
And mony was the gude lord's son,
That never mair cam hame.
The ladyes wrang their fingers white.
The maidens tore their hair,
A' for the sake of their true loves ;
For them they'll see nae mair.
" Flattered — Fluttered, or rather floated, on the foam.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (213) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80610882 |
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| Description | Vol. I . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17 |
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| Description | Consisting of historical and romantic ballads, collected in the southern counties of Scotland; with a few of modern date, founded upon local tradition. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.17-19 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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