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THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 127
" But had I kennVl ere I cam frae hame,
" How thou unkind wadst been to me !
" I wad have keepit the Border side,
" In spite of all thy force and thee.
" Wist England's King that I was ta'en,
" O gin a blythe man he wad be !
" For anes I slew his sister's son,
" And on his breist bane brak a trie,"
John wore a girdle about his middle,
Imbroidered ower wi' burning gold,
Bespangled wi' the same metal,
Maist beautiful was to behold.
There hang nine targats* at Johnie's hat,
And ilk ane worth three hundred pound —
" What wants that knave that a King suld have,
" But the sword of honour and the crown ?
" O whair got thou these targats, Johnie,
" That blink-|- sae brawly abune thy bri
" I gat them in the field fechting,
* TaigiUs — Tassels. -f Blink sac b/aiclie — Glance so bravely-
" But had I kennVl ere I cam frae hame,
" How thou unkind wadst been to me !
" I wad have keepit the Border side,
" In spite of all thy force and thee.
" Wist England's King that I was ta'en,
" O gin a blythe man he wad be !
" For anes I slew his sister's son,
" And on his breist bane brak a trie,"
John wore a girdle about his middle,
Imbroidered ower wi' burning gold,
Bespangled wi' the same metal,
Maist beautiful was to behold.
There hang nine targats* at Johnie's hat,
And ilk ane worth three hundred pound —
" What wants that knave that a King suld have,
" But the sword of honour and the crown ?
" O whair got thou these targats, Johnie,
" That blink-|- sae brawly abune thy bri
" I gat them in the field fechting,
* TaigiUs — Tassels. -f Blink sac b/aiclie — Glance so bravely-
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (329) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80612274 |
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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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