Buchan's Ballads of the North of Scotland, II, 226.
| 1 |
Wallace wight, upon a night,
Came riding oer the linn,
And he is to his leman's bower,
And tirld at the pin. |
| 2 |
'O sleep ye, wake ye, lady?' he said,
'Ye'll rise, lat me come in.'
'O wha's this at my bower-door,
That knocks, and knows my name?'
'My name is William Wallace,
Ye may my errand ken.' |
| 3 |
'The truth to you I will rehearse,
The secret I'll unfold;
Into your enmies' hands this night
I fairly hae you sold.' |
| 4 |
'If that be true ye tell to me,
Do ye repent it sair?'
'O that I do,' she said, 'dear Wallace,
And will do evermair! |
| 5 |
'The English did surround my house,
And forced me theretill;
But for your sake, my dear Wallace,
I coud burn on a hill.' |
| 6 |
Then he gae her a loving kiss,
The tear droppd frae his ee;
Says, Fare ye well for evermair,
Your face nae mair I'll see. |
| 7 |
She dressd him in her ain claithing,
And frae her house he came;
Which made the Englishmen admire,
To see this stalwart dame. |
| 8 |
He is to Saint Johnston gane,
And there he playd him well;
For there he saw a well-far'd may,
Was washing at a well. |
| 9 |
'What news, wnat news, ye well-far'd may?
What news hae ye to me?
What news, what news, ye well-far'd may,
All from your north countrie?' |
| 10 |
'See ye not yon tavern-house,
That stands on yonder plain?
This very day have landet in it
Full fifteen Englishmen; |
| 11 |
search of Wallace, our dear champion,
Ordaining that he shoud dee.'
'Then on my troth,' said Wallace wight,
'These Englishmen I'se see.' |
