J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 2

90 MINSTRELSY OF
" Now, fareweel, father, and fareweel, mother,
" And fare ye weel, my sisters three ;
" An fare yc weel, my Earlstoun,
" For thee again 111 never see !''
So they're awa' to Bothwell Hill,
An' waly* they rode bonnily !
When the Duke o' Monmouth saw them comin',
He went to view their company.
" Ye're welcome, lads," then Monmouth said,
*' Ye're welcome, brave Scots lads, to me ;
" And sae are ye, brave Earlstoun,
" The foremost o' your company !
" But yield your weapons ane an' a' ;
" O yield your weapons, lads, to mc ;
" For, gin ye'U yield your weapons up,
*' Ye'se a' gae hame to your country.
Out up then spak a Lennox lad.
And waly but he spak bonnily !
" I winna yield my weapons up,
" To you nor nae man that I see.'"
» Wa/>/ ! an interjection.