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100 MINSTRELSY OF
" He bids ye mete him at Permanscore, .
" And bring four in your cumpanie ;
" Five erles sail gang himsell befor,
" Nae mair in number will he be.
And gif you refuse to do that,
" (I freely here upgive wi"* thee)
He'll cast yon bonny castle down,
" And make a widowe o"" that gaye ladye.
He'll loose yon bluidhound Borderers,
" Wi"* fire and sword to follow thee ;
There will nevir a Murray, after thysell,
" Have land in Ettricke Forest frie."
" It stands me hard," the Outlaw said ;
" Judge gif it stands na hard wi' me,
" Wha reck not losing of my sell,
" But a' my offspring after mc,
" My merry emen's lives, my widowe's tt-irj
" There lies the })ang that pinches mc ;
" Wlien I am straught in bluidie card,
" Yon castell will be rioht dreirie.
" He bids ye mete him at Permanscore, .
" And bring four in your cumpanie ;
" Five erles sail gang himsell befor,
" Nae mair in number will he be.
And gif you refuse to do that,
" (I freely here upgive wi"* thee)
He'll cast yon bonny castle down,
" And make a widowe o"" that gaye ladye.
He'll loose yon bluidhound Borderers,
" Wi"* fire and sword to follow thee ;
There will nevir a Murray, after thysell,
" Have land in Ettricke Forest frie."
" It stands me hard," the Outlaw said ;
" Judge gif it stands na hard wi' me,
" Wha reck not losing of my sell,
" But a' my offspring after mc,
" My merry emen's lives, my widowe's tt-irj
" There lies the })ang that pinches mc ;
" Wlien I am straught in bluidie card,
" Yon castell will be rioht dreirie.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (302) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80611950 |
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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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