Skene Manuscript, p. 110; north of Scotland, 1802-3.
| 1 |
'Baron o Breachell, are ye within?
The sharp souerd is at yer gate, Breachell, we'll gar yer blood spin.' |
| 2 |
'Thei'r at yer gate, Breachel, the'r neither men nor lads,
But fifty heard widifas, wi belted plaids.' |
| 3 |
'O if I had a man,' she says, a+es it looks I had nane,
He widna sit in the house and see my kye tane. |
| 4 |
'But lasses tak down yer rocks, and we will defend
. . . . . . . . |
| 5 |
'O kiss me, dear Peggy, and gee me down my gun,
I may well ga out, but I'll never come in.' |
| 6 |
Out spak his brither, says, Gee me yer hand;
I'll fight in yer cause sae lang as I may stand. |
| 7 |
Whan the Baron o Breachell came to the closs,
A braver baron neir red upon horse. |
| 8 |
. . . . . . . .
I think the silly heard widifas are grown fighten men. |
| 9 |
First they killed ane, and syen they killed twa,
And the Baron o Breachell is dead and awa. |
| 10 |
They killed Sandy Gordon, Sandy Gordon o the Knock,
The miller and his three sons, that lived at Glenmuick. |
| 11 |
First they killed ane, and seyn they killed twa,
And the Baron o Breachell is dead and awa. |
| 12 |
Up came Crigevar and a' his fighten men:
'Had I come an hour soonur, he sudna been slain.' |
| 13 |
For first they killed ane, and seyn they killed twa,
And the Baron o Breachell is dead and awa. |
| 14 |
'O came ye by Breachell, lads? was ye in their?
Saw ye Peggy Dann riving her hair?' |
| 15 |
'We cam by Breachell, lads, we was in there,
And saw Eggie Dann cairling her hair. |
| 16 |
'She eat wi them, drank wi them, bad them come in
To her house an bours that had slain her baron. |
| 17 |
'Come in, gentlemen, eat and drink wi me;
Tho ye ha slain my baron, I ha na a wite at ye.' |
| 18 |
'O was [ye] at Glenmuik, lads? was ye in theire?
Saw ye Cathrin Gordon rivin her hair?' |
| 19 |
'We was at Glenmuik, lads, we was in there,
We saw Cathrin Gordon rivin her hair. |
| 20 |
'Wi the tear in her eye, seven bairns at her foot,
The eighth on her knee . . . |
| 21 |
The killed Peter Gordon, Peter Gordon of the Knock,
The miller and his three sons, that lived at Glenmuik. |
| 22 |
First they killed ane, and syn they killed twa,
And the Baron of Breachell is dead and awa. |
