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196 MINSTRELSY OF
She hadna pu'd a double rose.
A rose but only twae.
When up and started young Tamlane,
Says — " Lady, thou pu''s nae mae !
AVhy pu' ye the rose, Janet,
" Within this garden grene,
And a' to kill the bonny babe,
" That Ave got us between P""
The truth yell tell to me, Tanilane
*' A word ye mauna lie ;
Gin e''er ye was in haly chapel,
*' Or sained* in Christentie."
" The truth I'll tell to thee, Janet,
" A word I winna lie ;
" A knight me got, and a lady nie bore,
*' As well as they did thee.
" Randolph, Earl Murray, was my sire,
" Dunbar, Earl March, is thine ;
" We loved when we were children sniall,
„ Which yet you well may mind.
* Sdincd — Hallowed.
She hadna pu'd a double rose.
A rose but only twae.
When up and started young Tamlane,
Says — " Lady, thou pu''s nae mae !
AVhy pu' ye the rose, Janet,
" Within this garden grene,
And a' to kill the bonny babe,
" That Ave got us between P""
The truth yell tell to me, Tanilane
*' A word ye mauna lie ;
Gin e''er ye was in haly chapel,
*' Or sained* in Christentie."
" The truth I'll tell to thee, Janet,
" A word I winna lie ;
" A knight me got, and a lady nie bore,
*' As well as they did thee.
" Randolph, Earl Murray, was my sire,
" Dunbar, Earl March, is thine ;
" We loved when we were children sniall,
„ Which yet you well may mind.
* Sdincd — Hallowed.
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 2 > (208) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80617187 |
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| Description | Vol. II . |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.2.d.18 |
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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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