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374 MINSTRELSY OF
She kiss'd liis clicck, she kainul his hair.
As oft she had done before, O ;
She belted him with his noble brand,
And he's away to Yarrow.
As he gaed up the Tennies bank,
I wot he gaed wi' sorrow.
Till, down in a den, he spied nine arm'd men,
On the dowie houms of Yarrow.
O come ye here to part your land,
*' The bonnie forest thorough ?
Or come ye here to wield your brand,
" On the dowie houms of Yarrow ?"
'' I come not here to part my land,
" And neither to beg nor borrow ;
" I come to wield my noble brand,
" On the bonnie banks of Yarrow.
If I see all, yeVe nine to ane ;
" And that's an unequal marrow ;
Yet will I fight, while lasts my brand,
" On the bonnie banks of Yarrow."
She kiss'd liis clicck, she kainul his hair.
As oft she had done before, O ;
She belted him with his noble brand,
And he's away to Yarrow.
As he gaed up the Tennies bank,
I wot he gaed wi' sorrow.
Till, down in a den, he spied nine arm'd men,
On the dowie houms of Yarrow.
O come ye here to part your land,
*' The bonnie forest thorough ?
Or come ye here to wield your brand,
" On the dowie houms of Yarrow ?"
'' I come not here to part my land,
" And neither to beg nor borrow ;
" I come to wield my noble brand,
" On the bonnie banks of Yarrow.
If I see all, yeVe nine to ane ;
" And that's an unequal marrow ;
Yet will I fight, while lasts my brand,
" On the bonnie banks of Yarrow."
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Minstrelsy of the Scottish border > Volume 2 > (386) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/80619323 |
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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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