Ed de Moel

Child Ballads - Additions and Corrections

227. Bonny Lizie Baillie

P. 266. h. 'Elisa Bailly,' "The Old Lady's Collection," No 37.

3   As I came in by Carron sid,
An in nou by Dumblain,
Ther I mett we Dugall Grame:
He said he wad see me hame.
4   'My bonny Lisey Bailie,
I ill rou ye in my plady,
An ye wad gaa along we me,
I wad make ye a Heallend lady.'
5   'If I wad gaa along we ye,
They wad say I wer na wise;
For I cane nether milk cou nor ewe,
Nor can I speak Ears.'
6   'My bonny Lisie Bailly,
For that ye nead na fear;
For onye that I cane dou,
I ill learn to you, my dear.'
19, 21   'Then I ill cast off my bra nou goun,
Made of the silk an saten,
An I ell pitt on the name-made grays,
To skip among the breachan.'
' My bonny Lisie Bailly,
I ill rou ye in my plaidy,
An ye will go along we me,
I ill make ye a Healand lady.'
20   'Then I ell cast aff my bra nou shous,
Made of the Turky lader,
An I ell pit on the hame-made broges,
To skip among the header.'
' My bonny Lisie Bailly,
I ell rou ye in my plady;
Since ye 'r to goo along we me,
I ell make ye a Healend lady.'
16   Foull faa the logarheaded Loland lads
That lives near Castell Carey,
Has latten the bonny lass away
The Heallend lad to marry.
   162. Carey written so as to look like Carly.

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