Kinloch Manuscripts, 1, 253; from the recitation of Mrs. Bouchart,
of Dundee.
| 1 |
What wad ye gie to me, mither,
What wad ye gie to me,
If I wad go to Edinbruch city
And bring hame Lizie Lindsey to thee?' |
| 2 |
'Meikle wad I gie to thee, Donald,
Meikle wad I gie to thee,
If ye wad gang to Edinbruch city
And court her as in povertie.' |
| 3 |
Whan he cam to Edinbruch city,
And there a while to resort,
He called on fair Lizie Lindsey,
Wha lived at the Canongate-Port. |
| 4 |
'Will ye gang to the Hielands, Lizie Lindsey?
Will ye gae to the Hielands wi me?
And I will gie ye a cup o the curds,
Likewise a cup of green whey. |
| 5 |
'And I will gie ye a bed o green threshes,
Likewise a happing o grey,
If ye will gae to the Hielands, Lizie Lindsey,
If ye'll gae to the Hielands wi me.' |
| 6 |
'How can I gang?' says Lizie Lindsey,
'How can I gang wi thee?
I dinna ken whare I am gaing,
Nor wha I am gaing wi.' |
| 7 |
'My father is a cowper o cattle,
My mither is an auld dey;
My name is Donald Macdonald,
My name I'll never deny.' |
| 8 |
Doun cam Lizie Lindsey's father,
A revrend auld gentleman was he:
'If ye steal awa my dochter,
Hie hanged ye sall be.' |
| 9 |
He turned him round on his heel
And [a] licht lauch gied he;
'There is na law in a' Edinbruch city
This day that can hang me.' |
| 10 |
It's doun cam Lizie's hand-maid,
A bonnie young lass was she:
'If I had ae crown in a' the warld,
Awa wi that fellow I'd gae.' |
| 11 |
'Do ye say sae to me, Nelly?
Do ye say sae to me?
Wad ye leave your father and mither,
And awa wi that fellow wad gae?' |
| 12 |
She has kilted her coats o green silk
A little below her knee,
And she's awa to the Hielands wi Donald,
To bear him companie. |
| 13 |
And whan they cam to the vallies
The hie hills war coverd wi snow,
Which caused monie a saut tear
From Lizie's een to flow. |
| 14 |
'O, gin I war in Edinbruch city,
And safe in my ain countrie,
O, gin I war in Edinbruch city,
The Hielands shoud never see me.' |
| 15 |
'O haud your tongue, Lizie Lindsey,
Na mair o that let me see;
I'll tak ye back to Edinbruch city,
And safe to your ain countrie.' |
| 16 |
'Though I war in Edinbruch city,
And safe in my ain countrie,
Though I war in Edinbruch city,
O wha wad care for me!' |
| 17 |
Whan they cam to the shiels o Kilcushneuch,
Out there cam an auld dey:
'Ye're welcome here, Sir Donald,
You and your lady gay.' |
| 18 |
'Ca me na mair Sir Donald,
But ca me Donald your son,
And I'll ca ye my auld mither,
Till the lang winter nicht is begun.' |
| 19 |
'A' this was spoken in Erse,
That Lizie micht na ken;
A' this was spoken in Erse,
And syne the broad English began. |
| 20 |
'Ye'll gae and mak to our supper
A cup o the curds and whey,
And ye'll mak a bed o green threshes,
Likewise a happing o grey.'
* * * * * |
| 21 |
'Won up, won up, Lizie Lindsey,
Ye've lain oure lang in the day;
Ye micht hae been helping my mither
To milk the ewes and the kye.' |
| 22 |
Then up got Lizie Lindsey,
And the tear blindit her ee:
'O, gin I war in Edinbruch city,
The Hielands shoud never see me!' |
| 23 |
'Won up, won up, Lizie Lindsey,
A fairer sicht ye hae to see;
Do ye see yon bonnie braw castle?
Lady o it ye will be.' |
