| 1 |
'O we were seven brave sisters,
Five of us died wi child,
And nane but you and I, Maisry,
so we'll gae maidens mild.' |
| 2 |
'O had your tongue, now Lady Margaret,
Let a' your folly be;
I'll gar you keep your true promise
To the lad ayont the sea.' |
| 3 |
'O there is neither lord nor knight
My love shall ever won,
Except it be Lord Darlington,
And here he winna come.' |
| 4 |
But when the hour o twall was past,
And near the hour o one,
Lord Darlington came to the yetts,
Wi thirty knights and ten. |
| 5 |
Then he has wedded Lady Margaret,
And brought her oer the sea,
And there was nane that lived on earth
Sae happy as was she. |
| 6 |
But when nine months were come and gane
Strong travailling took she,
And nae physician in the land
Could ease her maladie. |
| 7 |
'Where will I get a little wee boy,
Will won baith meat and fee,
That will gae on to Seaton's yetts,
Bring my mother to me?' |
| 8 |
'O here am I, a little wee boy,
That will won meat and fee,
That will gae on to Seaton's yetts,
And bring your mother to thee.' |
| 9 |
Then he is on to Seaton's yetts,
As fast as gang could he;
Says, Ye must come to Darlington,
Your daughter for to see. |
| 10 |
But when she came to Darlington,
Where there was little pride,
The scobbs were in the lady's mouth,
The sharp sheer in her side. |
| 11 |
Darlington stood on the stair,
And gart the gowd rings flee:
'My ha's and bowers and a' shall gae waste,
If my bonny love die for me.' |
| 12 |
'O had your tongue, Lord Darlington,
Let a' your folly be;
I boor the bird within my sides,
I'll suffer her to die. |
| 13 |
'But he that marries my daughter,
I think he is a fool;
If he marries her at Candlemas,
She'll be frae him ere Yule. |
| 14 |
'I had seven ance in companie,
This night I go my lane;
And when I come to Clyde's water,
I wish that I may drown.' |
