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" It's for to wed your eldest son,
I am a maid ower mean ;
I'll rather choose to stay at hame,
And dee for Hazelgreen."
" If ye'll forsake this Hazelgreen,
And go along with me,
I'll wed ye to my youngest son,
Make you a lady free."
" It's for to wed your youngest son,
I am a maid ower mean ;
I'll rather stay at hame, and dee
For Jock o' Hazelgreen.
Young Hazelgreen, he is my love,
And ever mair shall be ;
I'll nae forsake young Hazelgreen,
Though him I ne'er should see."
And aye she siched, and said " Alas I"
And made a piteous meane ;
And aye she loot the tears down fa'
For Jock o' Hazelgreen.
But he has taen her up behind^
And spurred on his horse ;
Till ance he cam to Edinbruch toun.
And lichtit at the Cors.
And he has coft * her silken claes,
Garred her look like a queen ;
" Ye surely now will sich nae mair
For Jock o' Hazelgreen !" f
* Coft, bought.
t Varied reading in Mr Kinloch's MSS.
He's taen her to the Luckenbooths,
Coft her a braw new goun,
A handsome feather for her hat,
A pair o' silken shoon.
" It's for to wed your eldest son,
I am a maid ower mean ;
I'll rather choose to stay at hame,
And dee for Hazelgreen."
" If ye'll forsake this Hazelgreen,
And go along with me,
I'll wed ye to my youngest son,
Make you a lady free."
" It's for to wed your youngest son,
I am a maid ower mean ;
I'll rather stay at hame, and dee
For Jock o' Hazelgreen.
Young Hazelgreen, he is my love,
And ever mair shall be ;
I'll nae forsake young Hazelgreen,
Though him I ne'er should see."
And aye she siched, and said " Alas I"
And made a piteous meane ;
And aye she loot the tears down fa'
For Jock o' Hazelgreen.
But he has taen her up behind^
And spurred on his horse ;
Till ance he cam to Edinbruch toun.
And lichtit at the Cors.
And he has coft * her silken claes,
Garred her look like a queen ;
" Ye surely now will sich nae mair
For Jock o' Hazelgreen !" f
* Coft, bought.
t Varied reading in Mr Kinloch's MSS.
He's taen her to the Luckenbooths,
Coft her a braw new goun,
A handsome feather for her hat,
A pair o' silken shoon.
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| Description | Collected and illustrated by Robert Chambers. Edinburgh: W. Tait, 1829. Part I. Historical ballads -- Part II. Ballads supposed to refer to real circumstances in private life -- Part III. Romantic ballads -- Part IV. Imitations of the ancient ballads. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.49 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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