Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - Lyrics

Child 210
Bonnie James Campbell
Version A

Herd's Manuscripts, I, 40, II, 184.

Narrative

1   O it's up in the Highlands,
and along the sweet Tay,
Did bonie James Campbell
ride monie a day.
2   Sadled and bridled,
and bonie rode he;
Hame came horse, hame came sadle,
but neer hame cam he.
3   And doun cam his sweet sisters,
greeting sae sair,
And down cam his bonie wife,
tearing her hair.
4   'My house is unbigged,
my barn's unbeen,
My corn's unshorn,
my meadow grows green.'
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