7 'There's two swords in one scabbard,
They cost me many a pound;
Take you tho best, leave me the worst,
We's fight till they be done.'
8 The firsten stroke Lord Ingram gae,
He wounded Childe Viat nigh;
The nexten stroke Childe Viat gae,
Lord Ingram's head did flie;
And fifty feet oer a burken buss
Lord Ingram's head did flee.
9 There was no mane made for these two lords,
In bower where they lay slain;
But all was for this fair ladie,
In bower where she gaed brain.
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10 'For one word I would gie for Childe Viat,
For Lord Ingram I would gie three;
And it's a' for the brave wedding
That he did to me gie.'
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Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, I, 234.
1 Lord Ingram and Childe Vyet
Were baith born in ae bower;
They fell in love wi ae lady,
Their honour was but poor.
2 Lord Ingram and Childe Vyet
Were baith bred in ae ha;
They laid their love on Lady Maisry,
The waur did them befa.
3 Lord Ingram gained Lady Maisry
Frae father and frae mother;
Lord Ingram gained Lady Maisry
Frae sister and frae brother.