II.
From Maidment's North Countrie Garland, p. 44.
Rob Roy from the Highlands cam,
Unto our Scottish border,
And he has stow'n a lady fair,
To haud his house in order.
And when he cam, he surrounded the house,5
Twenty men their arms did carry,
And he has stow'n this lady fair,
On purpose her to marry.
And when he cam, he surrounded the house;
No tidings there cam before him,10
Or else the lady would have been gone,
For still she did abhor him.
Wi' murnfu' cries, and wat'ry eyes,
Fast hauding by her mother,
Wi' murnfu' cries, and wat'ry eyes,15
They are parted frae each other.
Nae time he gied her to be dress'd,
As ladies do when they're bride O,
But he hastened and hurried her awa',
And he row'd her in his plaid O.20
They rade till they cam to Ballyshine,
At Ballyshine they tarried;
He bought to her a cotton gown,
Yet ne'er would she be married.