Christie, Traditional Ballad Airs, I, 110. From the singing of an old woman in Buckie, Enzie, Banffshire.
1
A knicht had two sons o sma fame,
Hey nien nanny
Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme.
And the norlan flowers spring bonny
2
And to the youngest he did say,
'What occupation will you hae?
When the, etc.
3
'Will you gae fee to pick a mill?
Or will you keep hogs on yon hill?'
While the, etc.
4
'I winna fee to pick a mill,
Nor will I keep hogs on yon hill.
While the, etc.
5
'But it is said, as I do hear,
That war will last for seven year,
And the, etc.
6
'With a giant and a boar
That range into the wood o Tore.
And the, etc.
7
'You'll horse and armour to me provide,
That through Tore wood I may safely ride.'
When the, etc.
8
The knicht did horse and armour provide,
That through Tore wood Graeme micht safely ride.
When the, etc.
9
Then he rode through the wood o Tore,
And up it started the grisly boar.
When the, etc.