99 ff., 490 ff. ‘The Earl o Bran,’ “Scotch Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy,” No 22 b, Abbotsford; in the handwriting of Richard Heber.
1
Did ye ever hear o guid Earl o Bran
An the queen’s daughter o the south-lan?
2
She was na fifteen years o age
Till she came to the Earl’s bed-side.
3
‘O guid Earl o Bran, I fain wad see
My grey hounds run over the lea.’