C
Johnson’s Museum, IV, 376, No 365, 1792. Contributed by Robert Burns.
1
There livd a man in yonder glen,
And John Blunt was his name; O
He maks gude maut and he brews gude ale,
And he bears a wondrous fame. O
2
The wind blew in the hallan ae night,
Fu snell out oer the moor;
‘Rise up, rise up, auld Luckie,’ he says,
‘Rise up, and bar the door.’
3
They made a paction tween them twa,
They made it firm and sure,
Whaeer sud speak the foremost word
Should rise and bar the door.
4
Three travellers that had tint their gate,
As thro the hills they foor,
They airted by the line o light
Fu straught to Johnie Blunt’s door.
5
They haurld auld Luckie out o her bed
And laid her on the floor,
But never a word auld Luckie wad say,
For barrin o the door.
6
‘Ye’ve eaten my bread, ye hae druken my ale,
And ye’ll mak my auld wife a whore!’
‘A ha, Johnie Blunt! ye hae spoke the first word,
Get up and bar the door.’
A. a.
Johnson’s Museum has these variations:
24. Gat up and.
43. first who should speak the foremost word.
b.
13. That our gudewife had.
14. she boild.
21. wind blew cauld frae east.
24. Get up and.
33. hunder.
34. Its neer be barrd by.
42. word whaever spak.
51. come.
53. Whan they can see na ither house.
54. And at the door they light.
72. And syne.
73. Tho wanting.
81. Then ane unto the ither said.
93. bree.
111. O up then started.
113. you have spak the first word.
O is added to the second and fourth lines for singing, in both of the Museum copies and in B.