A
Jamieson-Brown MS., fol. 5.
1 O Johney was as brave a knight
As ever saild the sea,
An he's done him to the English court,
To serve for meat and fee.
2 He had nae been in fair England
But yet a little while,
Untill the kingis ae daughter
To Johney proves wi chil.
3 O word's come to the king himsel,
In his chair where he sat,
That his ae daughter was wi bairn
To Jack, the Little Scott.
4 'Gin this be true that I do hear,
As I trust well it be,
Ye pit her into prison strong,
An starve her till she die.'
5 O Johney's on to fair Scotland,
A wot he went wi speed,
An he has left the kingis court,
A wot good was his need.
6 O it fell once upon a day
That Johney he thought lang,
An he's gane to the good green wood,
As fast as he coud gang.
7 'O whare will I get a bonny boy,
To rin my errand soon,
That will rin into fair England,
An haste him back again?'
8 O up it starts a bonny boy,
Gold yallow was his hair,
I wish his mither meickle joy,
His bonny love mieckle mair.