Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 268.
| 1 |
'Hynd Horn fair, and Hynd Horn free,
O where were you born, in what countrie?' |
| 2 |
'In gude greenwood, there I was born,
And all my forbears me beforn. |
| 3 |
'O seven 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 augre bore. |
| 5 |
'My love gae me a siller wand,
'Twas to rule ower a' Scotland. |
| 6 |
'And she gae me a gay gowd ring,
The virtue o't was above a' thing.' |
| 7 |
'As lang's this ring it keeps the hue,
Ye'll know I am a lover true: |
| 8 |
'But when the ring turns pale and wan,
Ye'll know I love another man.' |
| 9 |
He hoist up sails, and awa saild he,
And saild into a far countrie. |
| 10 |
And when he lookd upon his ring,
He knew she loved another man. |
| 11 |
He hoist up sails and home came he,
Home unto his ain countrie. |
| 12 |
The first he met on his own land,
It chancd to be a beggar man. |
| 13 |
'What news, what news, my gude auld man?
What news, what news, hae ye to me?' |
| 14 |
'Nae news, nae news,' said the auld man,
'The morn's our queen's wedding day.' |
| 15 |
'Will ye lend me your begging weed?
And I'll lend you my riding steed.' |
| 16 |
'My begging weed will ill suit thee,
And your riding steed will ill suit me.' |
| 17 |
But part be right, and part be wrang,
Frae the beggar man the cloak he wan. |
| 18 |
'Auld man, come tell to me your leed;
What news ye gie when ye beg your bread.' |
| 19 |
'As ye walk up unto the hill,
Your pike staff ye lend ye till. |
| 20 |
'But whan ye come near by the yett,
Straight to them ye will upstep. |
| 21 |
'Take nane frae Peter, nor frae Paul,
Nane frae high or low o them all. |
| 22 |
'And frae them all ye will take nane,
Until it comes frae the bride's ain hand.' |
| 23 |
He took nane frae Peter nor frae Paul,
Nane frae the high nor low o them all. |
| 24 |
And frae them all he would take nane,
Until it came frae the bride's ain hand. |
| 25 |
The bride came tripping down the stair,
The combs o red gowd in her hair. |
| 26 |
A cup o red wine in her hand,
And that she gae to the beggar man. |
| 27 |
Out o the cup he drank the wine,
And into the cup he dropt the ring. |
| 28 |
'O got ye't by sea, or got ye't by land,
Or got ye't on a drownd man's hand?' |
| 29 |
'I got it not by sea, nor got it by land,
Nor got I it on a drownd man's hand. |
| 30 |
'But I got it at my wooing gay,
And I'll gie't you on your wedding day.' |
| 31 |
'I'll take the red gowd frae my head,
And follow you, and beg my bread. |
| 32 |
'I'll take the red gowd frae my hair,
And follow you for evermair.' |
| 33 |
Atween the kitchen and the ha,
He loot his cloutie cloak down fa. |
| 34 |
And wi red gowd shone ower them a',
And frae the bridegroom the bride he sta. |
