BOOK II

HYND HORN

I. HYNDHORN's bound, love, and Hynd Horn's free, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

Where was ye born, or in what countrie?

And the birk and the broom blows bonnie.

2. 'In good greenwood, there I was born,
And all
my forbears me beforn.

3. 'O seven long years I served the King,
And as for wages I never gat nane;

4. 'But ae sight o' his ae daughter. And that was thro' an auger-bore.'

5. Seven long years he served the King, And it's a' for the sake of his daughter Jean.

6. The King an angry man was he;

He sent young Hynd Horn to the sea.

7. He's gi'en his luve a silver wand

Wi' seven silver laverocks sittin' thereon.

8. She's gi'en to him a gay gold ring
Wi' seven bright diamonds set therein.

9. 'As lang's these diamonds keep their hue, Ye'll know I am a lover true:

10. 'But when the ring turns pale and wan, Ye may ken that I love anither man.'

II. He hoist up sails and awa' sail'd he

Till that he came to a foreign countrie.

12. One day as he look'd his ring upon, He saw the diamonds pale and wan.

13. He's left the seas and he's come to the land, And the first that he met was an auld beggar man.

14.. 'What news, what news? thou auld beggar man, For it's seven years sin I've seen land.'

15. 'No news,' said the beggar, 'no news at a', But there is a wedding in the King's ha'.

16. 'But there is a wedding in the King's ha' That has halden these forty days and twa.'

17. 'Cast off, cast off thy auld beggar weed, And I'll gi'e thee my gude grey steed:

18. 'And lend to me your wig o' hair To cover mine, because it is fair.'

19. 'My begging weed is na for thee, Your riding steed is na for me.'

20. But part by right and part by wrang

Hynd Horn has changed wi' the beggar man.

21. The auld beggar man was bound for to ride, But young Hynd Horn was bound for the bride.

22. When he came to the King's gate,

He sought a drink for Hynd Horn's sake.

23. The bride came trippin' down the stair, Wi' the scales o' red gowd in her hair;

24. Wi' a cup o' the red wine in her hand, And that she gae to the auld beggar man.

25. Out o' the cup he drank the wine, And into the cup he dropt the ring.

26. 'O got ye this by sea or land?
Or got ye it of a dead man's hand?'-

27. 'I got it na by sea nor land,

But I got it, madam, of your own hand.'

28. 'O, I'll cast off my gowns o' brown, And beg with you frae town to town.

29. 'O, I'll cast off my gowns o' red,

And I'll beg wi' you to win my bread.

30. 'O, I'll take the scales o' gowd frae my hair, And I'll follow you for evermair.'

31. She has cast awa' the brown and the red, And she's follow'd him to beg her bread.

32. She has ta'en the scales o' gowd frae her hair And she's follow'd him for evermair.

33. But atween the kitchen and the ha' He has let his cloutie cloak down fa'.

34. And the red gowd shinèd over him a', With a hey lillelu, and a how lo lan;

And the bride frae the bridegroom was stown awa',

And the birk and the broom blows bonnie.

HYND ETIN

1. MAY Margaret sits in her bower door
Sewing her silken seam;

She heard a note in Elmond's wood,
And wish'd she there had been.

2. She loot the seam fa' frae her side,
The needle to her tae,

And she is on to Elmond's wood

As fast as she could gae.

3. She hadna pu'd a nut, a nut,
Nor broken a branch but ane,
Till by there came the Hynd Etin,
Says, 'Lady, lat alane.

4. 'O why pu' ye the nut, the nut,
Or why break ye the tree?
For I am forester o' this wood:
Ye should spier leave at me.'-

5. ‘I'll ask leave at nae living man,
Nor yet will I at thee;

My father is king o'er a' this realm,
This wood belongs to me.'

6. The highest tree in Elmond's wood,
He's pu'd it by the reet,

And he has built for her a bower
Near by a hallow seat.

7. He's kept her there in Elmond's wood For six lang years and ane,

Till six pretty sons to him she bare,
And the seventh she's brought hame.

8. It fell out ance upon a day

He's to the hunting gane,

And a' to carry his game for him

He's tane his eldest son.