That over did woman’s deed.
29.
‘A grave, a grave,’ Lord Barnard cry’d,
‘To put these lovers in;
But lay my lady on the upper hand,
For she came of the better kin.’
THE BONNY BIRDY
Text.—From the Jamieson-Brown MS. Jamieson, in printing this ballad, enlarged and rewrote much of it, making the burden part of the dialogue throughout.
The Story is much the same as that of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard; but the ballad as a whole is worthy of comparison with the longer English ballad for the sake of its lyrical setting.