BONNY JAMES CAMPBELL

O its up in the Hielands,

And along the sweet Tay,

Did bonny James Campbell

Ride mony a day.

Saddled and bridled

And bonny rode he;

Hame came horse, hame came saddle,

But ne'er hame came he!

And doun came his sweet sisters

Greeting sae sair,

And doun came his bonny wife,

Tearing her hair.

"My house is unbigged,

My bairn's unborn,

My corn's unshorn;

My meadow grows green."

(unbigged, unbuilt.)

Hind Horn

[Original]

In Scotland there was a baby born,

Lill lal, &c.

And his name it was called Young Hind Horn,

With a fal led, &c.

He sent a letter to our King,

That he was in love with his dochter Jean.

Hes gien to her a silver wand,

With seven living laverocks sitting thereon.

She's gien to him a diamond ring,

With seven bright diamonds set therein.

When this ring grows pale and wan,

You may know by it my love is gane.

One day as he looked his ring upon,

He saw the diamonds pale and wan.

(laverocks, larks.)

He left the sea, and came to land,

And the first that he met was an old beggar man.

"What news, what news?" said young Hind Horn,

"No news, no news," said the old beggar man.

"No news," said the beggar, "no news at a,

But there is a wedding in the King's ha'.

"But there is a wedding in the King's ha,

That has holden these forty days and twa."

"Will you lend me your begging coat?

And I'll lend you my scarlet cloak.

"Will you lend me thy begging rung?

And I'll give ye my steed to ride upon.

"Will ye lend me your wig o' hair

To cover mine, because it is fair."

The auld beggar man was bound for the mill,

But young Hind Horn for the King's hall.

The auld beggar man was bound for to ride,

But young Hind Horn was bound for the bride.

(rung, staff.)

When he came to the Kings gate,

He sought a drink for Hind Horns sake.

The bride came down with a glass of wine,

When he drank out the glass, and dropt in the ring.

"O got ye this by sea, or land?

Or got ye it off a dead man's hand?"

"I got it not by sea, I got it by land,

And I got it madam out of your own hand."

"O I'll cast off my gowns of brown,

And beg wi' you frae town to town;

"O I'll cast off my gowns of red,

And I'll beg with you to win my bread."

"Ye needna cast off your gowns of brown,

For I'll make you lady of many a town;

"Ye needna cast off your gowns of red,

It's only a sham, the begging o' my bread."

The bridegroom he had wedded the bride,

But young Hind Horn he took her to bed.