Pp. 247 ff., 506. 'The Blue Flowers and the Yellow,' Greenock,
printed by W. Scott [1810].
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' This seven long years I Ve courted a maid,'
As the sun shines over the valley
'And she neer would consent for to be my bride.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
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'O Jamie, O Jamie, I'll learn you the way
As the sun shines over the valley
How your innocent love you'll betray.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 3 |
'If you will give to the bell-man a groat,
As the sun shines over the valley
And he'll toll you down a merry night-wake.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 4 |
Now he has given the bell-man a groat,
As the sun shines over the valley
And he has tolld him down a merry night-wake.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 5 |
'It's I must go to my true-love's wake,
As the sun shines over the valley
For late last night I heard he was dead.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 6 |
'Take with you your horse and boy,
As the sun shines over the valley
And give your true lover his last convoy.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 7 |
'I'll have neither horse nor boy,
As the sun shines over the valley
But I'll go alone, and I'll mourn and cry.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 8 |
When that she came to her true-love's hall,
As the sun shines over the valley
Then the tears they did down fall.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 9 |
She lifted up the sheets so small,
As the sun shines over the valley
He took her in his arms and he threw her to the wa.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 10 |
'It's let me go a maid, young Jamie,' she said,
As the sun shines over the valley
'And I will be your bride, and to-morrow we'll be wed.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
| 11 |
'If all your friends were in this bower,
As the sun shines over the valley
You should not be a maid one quarter of an hour.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
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'You came here a maid meek and mild,
As the sun shines over the valley
But you shall go home both marryd and with child.'
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
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He gave to her a gay gold ring,
As the sun shines over the valley
And the next day they had a gay wedding.
Among the blue flowers and the yellow |
The unfortunate Weaver. To which are added The Farmer's
Daughter and The Blue Flowers and the Yellow. Greenock. Printed
by W. Scott. [1810.] British Museum, 11621. b. 7 (43).
249 b, 506 a, III, 503 a. Swedish. 'Herr Karl,' Lagus,
Nylandska Folkvisor, I, 51, No 12.
