"Aft have I ridden thro' Stirling town,45
In the wind bot and the rain;
Bot I neir rade thro' Stirling town
Neir to return again."
They hae taen to the heiding-hill
His zoung son in his craddle;50
And they hae taen to the heiding-hill
His horse bot and his saddle.
They hae taen to the heiding-hill
His lady fair to see;
And for the words the queen had spoke55
Zoung Waters he did dee.
BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL.
Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. 44.
This, says Motherwell, "is probably a lament for one of the adherents of the house of Argyle, who fell in the battle of Glenlivat, stricken on Thursday, the third day of October, 1594 years." It is printed, somewhat differently, in Smith's Scottish Minstrel, v. 42. Finlay gives eight lines of this ballad in the Preface to his first volume, p. xxxiii.
Hie upon Hielands,
And low upon Tay,
Bonnie George Campbell
Rade out on a day.
Saddled and bridled5
And gallant rade he;
Hame cam his gude horse,
But never cam he!