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Y*OlWG MAXWELL.
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Ac s(ridc or hva took the silly auhl carle,
And a g"ude lang" slride took he '.
"1 (row (lion he a feck auld carle ,
Will ye shaw (he "way to me?"
Anil he has gane wi' (he silly auld carle
Adimn hy (he greenwood side;
"Light down and gang', thou sodffer man,
For here ye canna ride''
He drew the reins o' his honny grey steed,
And lightly down he sprang" ;
Of (he cnmeliest scarlet was his weir— coat,
Wharc (he g"owden tassels hang".
He has thrown al'f his plaid, the silly auld carle,
And his bonnet frae 'boon his bree,
And wha' was it but the young' Maxwell !
And his g"ude brown sword drew he .
"Thou killd my lather, (hou vile Southron,
And thou killd my brethren (hree,
Whilk brak (he heart o» my ae sis(er ,
I lov'd as the light o' my e'e .
"Draw out your sword, thou vile Southron,
Red wat wi' blude <>' my kin?
That sword it crapi'it the bonniest flower
Ere lifted its head to (he sun.
"There's ae sad stroke for my dear lather,
There's twa lor my brethren three;
And there's ane to thy heart for my ae sister, >
Wham I lov'd as (he light o' my e'e!'
This ballad is founded on fact. A young Gentleman or the family of Maxwell,
being an adherent of the Stuarts, suffered in the general calamity of his friends. Allcr
sceing his paternal house reduced to ashes, his father killed in its defence, his only sister
dying with grief for her father, and three brothers slain, he assumed the habit of an old shep-
herd, and, in one of his excursions, singled out one of (he individual men who had ruined his
family. After u-pbraiding- him for his cruelty, he slew him in single combat. The Air.whi. h
is very ancient, has generally been sung to a foolish ballad beginning "Auld. Maggy
Sharp liv'd on the brae tap'.* F