Sae rode he to the green wood,
And o'er the meadow green,
Till he came to his mither's bower,95
Ere folks to bed were gane.
His leave, &c.
Out came proud Lady Metelild,
In menevair sae free;
She welcom'd him, Child Dyring,
And his young bride him wi'.100
His leave, &c.
Now joys attend Child Dyring,
Sae leal but and sae bold;
He's ta'en her to his ain castell,
His bride-ale there to hold.
His leave the page takes to-day frae his master.
BARBARA LIVINGSTON. See p. [38].
Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. 304, from recitation.
Four-and-twenty ladies fair
Were playing at the ba',
And out cam Barbara Livingston,
The flower amang them a'.
Out cam Barbara Livingston,5
The flower amang them a';—
The lusty Laird of [Linlyon]
Has stoun her clean awa'.
"The hielands is no for me, kind sir,
The hielands is no for me;10
But if you would my favour win,
Ye 'll tak me to Dundee."