Child Ballads - Lyrics
Child 293
John of Hazelgreen
Version E
"Got in the South County by Mr. Pringle: "Kinloch's Manuscripts, I, 321.
Kinloch's Manuscripts, VII, 2.
Narrative
1
'Why
weep
ye by
the
tide, ladye?
Why
weep
ye by
the
tide?
I
'll
wed
ye
to
my youngest son,
And ye sall
be
his bride.
And ye sall
be
his bride, ladye,
Sae comely
to
be
seen
;'
But aye she
loot
the tears
down
fa
For John o Hazelgreen.
2
'O
whaten a
man
is Hazelgreen?
I
pray
thee
tell
to
me.'
'O
there
's
not
a handsomer gentleman
In
a'
the South Countrie.
His arms
are
long
, his
shoulder
broad
,
Sae comely
to
be
seen
!'
And aye she
loot
the tears
down
fa
For John o Hazelgreen.
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