P. 486, II, 14, in, 381 b. 'Tell my mother I am married,'
etc.: so in the beautiful Roumanian 'Miorita,' Alecsandri, p.
3.
438. A b. 'The Two Brothers,' Walks near
Edinburgh, by Margaret Warrender, 1890, p. 60. Given to Lady John
Scott many years ago by Campbell Riddell, brother of Sir James
Riddell of Ardnamurchan.
| 1 |
There were two brothers in the north,
Lord William and Lord John,
And they would try a wrestling match,
So to the fields they've gone, gone, gone,
So to the fields they've gone. |
| 2 |
They wrestled up, they wrestled down,
Till Lord John fell on the ground.
And a knife into Lord William's pocket
Gave him a deadly wound. |
| 3 |
'Oh take me on your back, dear William,' he said,
'And carry me to the burnie clear,
And wash my wound sae deep and dark,
Maybe 't will bleed nae mair.' |
| 4 |
He took him up upon his back,
An carried him to the burnie clear,
But aye the mair he washed his wound
It aye did bleed the mair. |
| 5 |
'Oh take me On your back, dear William,' he said,
'And carry me to the kirkyard fair,
And dig a grave sae deep and dark,
And lay my body there.' |
| 6 |
'But what shall I say to my father dear
When he says, Willie, what's become of John?'
'Oh tell him I am gone to Greenock town,
To buy him a puncheon of rum.' |
| 7 |
'And what shall I say to my sister dear
When she says, Willie, what's become of John?'
'Oh tell her I've gone to London town
To buy her a marriage-gown.' |
| 8 |
'But what shall I say to my grandmother dear
When she says, Willie, what's become of John?'
'Oh tell her I'm in the kirkyard dark,
And that I'm dead and gone.' |
