J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1

68 MINSTRELSY OF
*' Hatl we twa been upon the greeB>
" And never an eye to sec,
" I wad hae had you, flesh and fell ;
" But your sword sail gae wi"" me.
" But gae ye up to Otterlwurne,
" And wait there day is thx-ee ;
" And, if I come not ere three dayis end,
" A fause knight ca"* ye me/'
" The Otterbourne"'s a bonnie burn ;
" 'Tis pleasant there to be ;
" But thei-e is nought at Otterbourne,
" To feed my men and me.
" The deer rins wild on hili and dale,
" The birds fly wild from tree to tree ;
" But there is neither bread nor kale,
" To fend-}- my men and me.
• Fell.^-H'\de. Douglas insinuates, that Percy was rescued by hi
soldiers.
■f 7^f?f(?.— Support.