Kinloch's Manuscripts, V,323,
in the handwriting of John Hill Burton.
| 1 |
Lord Ingram and Childe Viat
Were both bred in one ha;
They laid their luves on one ladye,
And frae her they could na fa. |
| 2 |
Lord Ingram courted Lady Maisery,
He courted her frae ha to bower;
And even sae did Childe Viat,
Amang the summer flowers. |
| 3 |
Lord Ingram courted Ladye Maisery,
He courted her frae bower to ha;
And even sae did Childe Viat,
Among the sheets sae sma. |
| 4 |
Sir Ingram bought her Ladye Maisery
The steed that paid him well;
She wads he were ayont the sea,
Gin she had her true love. |
| 5 |
Lord Ingram bought her Lady Maisery
The knives hafted wi steel;
She wads they were in his heart's bluid,
Gin Childe Viat was weel. |
| 6 |
Lord Ingram bought her Lady Maisery
The golden knobbed gloves;
She wads they were ayone the sea,
Gin she had her true love.
* * * * * |
| 7 |
'There's two swords in one scabbard,
They cost me many a pound;
Take you the best, leave me the worst,
We's fight till they be done.' |
| 8 |
The firsten stroke Lord Ingram gae,
He wounded Childe Viat nigh;
The nexten stroke Childe Viat gae,
Lord Ingram's head did flie;
And fifty feet oer a burken buss
Lord Ingram's head did flee. |
| 9 |
There was no mane made for these two lords,
In bower where they lay slain;
But all was for this fair ladie,
In bower where she gaed brain.
* * * * * |
| 10 |
'For one word I would gie for Childe Viat,
For Lord Ingram I would gie three;
And it's a' for the brave wedding
That he did to me gie.' |
