Harris Manuscript, fol. 21; from the recitation of Mrs. Harris
and others.
| 1 |
There lived a lady in the north
O muckle birth an fame;
She's faun in love wi her kitchie-boy,
The greater was her shame.
* * * * * |
| 2 |
'Maister cook, he will cry oot,
An answered he maun be;'
. . . .
. . . |
| 3 |
'I hae a coffer o ried gowd
My mither left to me,
An I will build a bonnie ship,
And send her ower the sea,
An you'll come hame like lord or squire,
An answered you maun be.' |
| 4 |
She has biggit a bonnie ship,
Sent her across the main,
An in less that sax months an a day
That ship cam back again. |
| 5 |
'Go dress, go dress, my dochter Janet,
Go dress, an mak you fine,
An we'll go doun to yon shore-side
An bid yon lords to dine.' |
| 6 |
He's pued the black mask ower his face,
Kaimed doun his yellow hair,
A' no to lat her father ken
That ere he had been there.
* * * * * |
| 7 |
'Oh, got you that by sea sailin?
Or got you that by land?
Or got you that on Spanish coast,
Upon a died man's hand?' |
| 8 |
'I got na that by sea sailin,
I got na that by land;
But I got that on Spanish coast,
Upon a died man's hand.' |
| 9 |
He's pued the black mask aff his face,
Threw back his yellow hair,
. . . .
. . . . |
| 10 |
'A priest, a priest,' the lady she cried,
'To marry my love an me;'
'A clerk, a clerk,' her father cried,
'To sign her tocher free.' |
