The Paisley Magazine, June 2, 1828, communicated by William Motherwell.
"Sung to a long, drawling, monotonous tune."
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'Gude Earl Brand, I long to see
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
All your grey hounds running over the lea.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Gude lady fair, I have not a steed but one,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
But you shall ride and I shall run.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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They're ower moss and they're ower mure,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And they saw neither rich nor pure.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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Until that they came to auld Karl Hude;
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
He's aye for ill and never for gude.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Gude Earl Brand, if ye love me,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Kill auld Karl Hude, and gar him die.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'O fair ladie, we'll do better than sae:
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Gie him a penny and let him gae.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Gude Earl Brand, whare hae ye been,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Or whare hae ye stown this lady sheen?'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'She's not my lady, but my sick sister,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And she's been at the wells of Meen.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'If she was sick, and very sair,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
She wadna wear the red gold on her hair.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Or if she were sick, and like to be dead,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
She wadna wear the ribbons red.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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He cam till he cam to her father's gate,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And he has rappit furious thereat.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Where is the lady o this hall?'
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
'She's out wi her maidens, playing at the ball.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'If you'll get me fyfteen wale wight men,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Sae fast as I'll fetch her back again.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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She's lookit ower her left collar-bane:
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
'O gude Earl Brand, we baith are taen.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Light down, light down, and hold my steed;
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Change never your cheer till ye see me dead.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'If they come on me man by man,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
I'll be very laith for to be taen.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'But if they come on me one and all,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
The sooner you will see me fall.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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O he has killd them all but one,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And wha was that but auld Karl Hude.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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And he has come on him behind,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And put in him the deadly wound.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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O he has set his lady on,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And he's come whistling all along.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Gude Earl Brand, I see blood:'
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
'It's but the shade o my scarlet robe.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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They cam till they cam to the water aflood;
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
He's lighted down and he's wushen aff the blood.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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His mother walks the floor alone:
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
'O yonder does come my poor son.
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'He is both murderd and undone,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
And all for the sake o an English loon.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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'Say not sae, my dearest mother,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
Marry her on my eldest brother.'
And the brave knights in the valley |
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She set her fit up to the wa,
Faldee faldee fal deediddle a dee
She's fallen down dead amang them a'.
And the brave knights in the valley |
