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142 MINSTIIEI>SY OF
But on the morn, at fair day-light,
Wlien they had ended a' their cheer.
Behold the Wanton Brown was gane.
And eke the poor blind Harper's mare !
" Allace ! allace !" quo' the cunning auld Harper,
" And ever allace that I cam here ;
*' In Scotland I lost a braw cowt foal,
" In England they've stown my gude gray mare !"
" Come ! cease thy allacing, thou silly blind Harper,
" And again of thy harping let us hear ;
" And weel payd sail thy cowt-foal be,
** And thou sail have a far better mare."
Then aye he harped, and aye he carped ;
Sae sweet were the harpings he let them hear !
He was paid for the foal he had never lost.
And three times ower for the gude Gray Mare.
But on the morn, at fair day-light,
Wlien they had ended a' their cheer.
Behold the Wanton Brown was gane.
And eke the poor blind Harper's mare !
" Allace ! allace !" quo' the cunning auld Harper,
" And ever allace that I cam here ;
*' In Scotland I lost a braw cowt foal,
" In England they've stown my gude gray mare !"
" Come ! cease thy allacing, thou silly blind Harper,
" And again of thy harping let us hear ;
" And weel payd sail thy cowt-foal be,
** And thou sail have a far better mare."
Then aye he harped, and aye he carped ;
Sae sweet were the harpings he let them hear !
He was paid for the foal he had never lost.
And three times ower for the gude Gray Mare.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 1 > (344) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80612454 |
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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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