P. 180. D stands as follows in "The Old Lady's
Collection," No 10, 'The Water of Gamry.'
| 1 |
'Willie is fair, an Wille's rair,
An Wille's wondres bonny,
An Wille has promised to marey me,
Gin ever he marred ony.' |
| 2 |
'Ye's gett Jeamie, or ye's gett Jonny,
Or ye's gett bonny Piter;
Ye's gett the walle of a' my sins,
Bat live to me Wille the writter.' |
| 3 |
'I winne ha Jamie, I winne ha Jonny,
Nor will I ha bonny Peter;
I winne ha ony of yer sins,
In I gett na Willie the writter.' |
| 4 |
Ther was three score an ten brisk young men
Was boun to brid-stell we him. |
| 5 |
'Ride on, ride on, my merry men a',
I forget some thing behine me;
I [ha] forgetten my mider's blissing,
To boun to bridstell we me.' |
| 6 |
'God's blissing an mine gae we ye, my son Willie,
A' the blissings of God ga we ye;
For y 'er na an hour but bare ninten,
Fan y 'er gain to meet yer Meggey.' |
| 7 |
They road on, an ferder on,
Till they came to the water of Gamry;
An they all wen safe throu,
Unless it was Suet Willie. |
| 8 |
For the first an step att Willie's hors steped,
He steped to the bridel;
The nixt an step att Wellie's hors steped,
Toom grue Wille's sadle. |
| 9 |
They rod on, an forder on,
Till they came to the kirk of Gamry,
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| 10 |
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'A rounin, a rouning,' she says,
'An fat means a' this rouning?' |
| 11 |
Out spak the bonny bried,
Just att the kirk of Gamrie;
' Far is the man that was to gee me his han
This day att the kirk of Gamry?' |
| 12 |
Out spak his breder John,
An O bat he was sorry!
'It fears me sair, my bonny brid,
He slipes our sune in Gaamry.' |
| 13 |
The ribbons they wer on her hare,
They wer thik an mony;
She rive them a', late them doun faa,
An she is on to the water of Gamry. |
| 14 |
She sought it up, she sought it doun,
She sought it braid an narrow,
An the depest pot in a' Gamry,
Ther she got Suit Willie. |
| 15 |
She has kissed his comly mouth,
As she had don befor, O:
' Baith our miders sail be alike sory,
For we's baith slep soun in Gamry.' |
