39. 'O lat them tak' frae me my head, For since I've lost my dear lady, 40. 'Your head will na be touch'd, Etin, 41. When he cam' in before the King, 'Win up, win up now, Young Etin, 42. But as they were at dinner set 'I wish we were in a good kirk 43. 'For we hae lived in gude green wood This seven years and ane; But a' this time since e'er I mind 44. 'Your asking's na sae great, my boy, But granted it sall be; This day to gude kirk ye sall gang And your mither sall gang you wi'.' 45. When unto the gude kirk she came, She was sae sair sunk down wi' shame, 46. Then out and spak' the parish priest, 'Come ben, come ben, my lily-flower, 47. Charles, Vincent, Sam and Dick, ERLINTON I. ERLINTON had a fair daughter; And a' to put that lady in. 2. An' he has warn'd her sisters six, An' sae has he her brethren se'en, Or else to seek her morn an' e'en. 3. She hadna been i' that bigly bower, Na not a night but barely ane, Till there was Willie, her ain true love Chapp'd at the door, cryin' ' Peace within!' 4. 'O whae is this at my bower door, That chaps sae late, nor kens the gin?' 'O it is Willie, your ain true love, 5. 'For a' sae weel as I like ye, Willie, 6. 'But in the green-wood is a wake, An' there I'll come as sune the morn, love, 7. 'On my right hand I'll have a glo', love, 8. Then she's gane to her bed again, She has layen till the cock crew thrice, An' then she said to her sisters a', 'Maidens, 'tis time for us to rise. 9. She pat on her back her silken gown, 10. They hadna wauk'd in the bonny green-wood, Na no an hour but barely ane, Till up start Willie, her ain true love, II. An' he has kiss'd her sisters six, An' he has sent them hame again, Sayin' 'We'll wauk the woods our lane.' 12. They hadna wauk'd in the bonnie green-wood Na no an hour but barely ane, Till up start fifteen o' the bravest outlaws 13. Then up bespake the foremost knight,— An' O but he spake angrily: Says, 'Yield to me thy ladye bright, This night shall wauk the woods wi' me.' 14. 'I like her weel, my ladye bright, And O my life but it lies me near! 15. But up an' spake the second knight I wat he spake right boustruslie — 16. 'My ladye is my warldis meed: 17. 'O sit ye down, my dearest dear, Sit down an' hold my milk-white steed, 18. He set his back unto an aik, 19. An' he has gane to his ladye dear, "Thou art mine ain, I have bought thee dear, THE DOUGLAS TRAGEDY 1. 'RISE up, rise up now, Lord Douglas,' she says, 'And put on your armour so bright; Let it never be said that a daughter of thine Was married to a lord under night. 2. 'Rise up, rise up, my seven bold sons, And put on your armour so bright, |