Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 402.
From Agnes Laird, Kilbarchan, August 24, 1825.
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There was a lady brisk and smart,
All in a lone and a lonie O
And she goes with child to her father's clark.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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Big, big oh she went away,
All in a lone and a lonie O
And then she set her foot to a tree.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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Big she set her foot to a stone,
All in a lone and a lonie O
Till her three bonnie babes were borne.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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She took the ribbons off her head,
All in a lone and a lonie O
She tied the little babes hand and feet.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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She howkit a hole before the sun,
All in a lone and a lonie O
She's laid these three bonnie babes in.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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She covered them over with marble stone,
All in a lone and a lonie O
For dukes and lords to walk upon.
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She lookit over her father's castle wa,
All in a lone and a lonie O
She saw three bonnie boys playing at the ba.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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The first o them was clad in red,
All in a lone and a lonie O
To shew the innocence of their blood.
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The neist o them was clad in green,
All in a lone and a lonie O
To shew that death they had been in.
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The next was naked to the skin,
All in a lone and a lonie O
To shew they were murderd when they were born,
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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'O bonnie babes, an ye were mine,
All in a lone and a lonie O
I wad dress you in the satins so fine.'
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'O mother dear, when we were thine,
All in a lone and a lonie O
Thou did not use us half so kind.'
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'O bonnie babes, an ye be mine,
All in a lone and a lonie O
Whare hae ye been a' this time?'
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'We were at our father's house,
All in a lone and a lonie O
Preparing a place for thee and us.'
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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'Whaten a place hae ye prepar'd for me?'
All in a lone and a lonie O
'Heaven's for us, but hell's for thee.
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
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'O mother dear, but heaven's high;
All in a lone and a lonie O
That is the place thou'll ne'er come nigh.
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'O mother dear, but hell is deep;
All in a lone and a lonie O
'Twill cause thee bitterlie to weep.'
Down by the greenwood sidie O |
