Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 265.
| 1 |
'O come along wi me, brother,
Now come along wi me;
'O come along wi me, brother,
Now come along wi me;
And we'll gae seek our sister Maisry,
Into the water o Dee.' |
| 2 |
The eldest brother he stepped in,
He stepped to the knee;
Then out he jumpd upo the bank,
Says, This water's nae for me. |
| 3 |
The second brother he stepped in,
He stepped to the quit;
Then out he jumpd upo the bank,
Says, This water's wondrous deep. |
| 4 |
When the third brother stepped in,
He stepped to the chin;
Out he got, and forward wade,
For fear o drowning him. |
| 5 |
The younges brother he stepped in,
Took's sister by the hand;
Said, Here she is, my sister Maisry,
Wi the hinny-draps on her chin. |
| 6 |
'O if I were in some bonny ship,
And in some strange countrie,
For to find out some conjurer,
To gar Maisry speak to me!' |
| 7 |
Then out it speaks an auld woman,
As she was passing by:
'Ask of your sister what you want,
And she will speak to thee.' |
| 8 |
'O sister, tell me who is the man
That did your body win?
And who is the wretch, tell me, likewise,
That threw you in the lin?' |
| 9 |
'O Bondsey was the only man
That did my body win;
And likewise Bondsey was the man
That threw me in the lin.' |
| 10 |
'O will we Bondsey head, sister?
Or will we Bondsey hang?
Or will we set him at our bow-end,
Lat arrows at him gang?' |
| 11 |
'Ye winna Bondsey head, brothers,
Nor will ye Bondsey hang;
But ye'll take out his twa grey een,
Make Bondsey blind to gang. |
| 12 |
'Ye'll put to the gate a chain o gold,
A rose garland gar make,
And ye'll put that in Bondsey's head,
A' for your sister's sake.' |
