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The Duke of Gordon's Garland, composed
of several excellent New Songs.
I. The Duke of Gordon's Daughter.
II. A new song calld Newcastle Ale.
Licensed and enterd according to order.
Heber's copy differs in a few places from Percy's,
and generally for the worse.
42. on wanting.
74. she woud.
103. cause wanting.
134. will not.
162. think it.
182. and rain.
243. you.
244. And be.
322. tears in her eyes.
Ritson's. 93. wants thee.
133. wants for.
311. gold and. |
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Two copies, one in the British Museum, 1078.
i. 20 (7), Printed at the St. Michael Press,
by C. M'Lachlan, Dumfries, dated in the
catalogue 1785? |
| c. |
British Museum, 11621. b. 12 (28), dated
1810?
A beautiful old song, entitled the Duke of Gordon's three Daughters.
To which is added The Challenge. Stirling: Printed by M.
Randall. |
| d. |
British Museum, 1078. k. 4 (5), dated 1820?
The Duke of Gordon's Three Daughters.
To which is added Mrs. Burns Lament for
Burns. Peterhead: Printed by P. Buchan. |
| b, c, d. |
11. had.
13. stay at.
14. they went to.
21. in bonny.
23. Till Jean.
24. b. him went she.
c, d. And from him she would not stay.
31. come.
33,4. How Lady Jean fell in love with a captain,
And from him she would not stay.
41. to me: horse, he cry'd.
42. My servant shall ride on.
43. will go.
44. Forthwith to bring her away.
52. only one.
53. walking wanting.
61,3. O where.
64. c, d. not along with.
71. b. us, they did say.
74. And from him she would (c, d, will) not
stay.
81. to bonny.
84. b. A training of.
c, d. A training his gallant.
91. woe be to thee.
94. High hanged, b. shalt thou.
101. b. The Duke he wrote,
c, d. The D. of G. wrote a letter.
102. b. he sent.
103. Desiring him to hang.
104. b. eer he causd hang any.
c, d. For marrying his daughter Jean.
111. b. O no I.
c, d. Said the king, I'll not.
112. b. For any (c,
d, all the) offence that.
113. him put off the scarlet.
121. Now word.
123. To strip off.
131,3. b. Jean.
133. c, d. for my true-love.
134. this and more I'll.
142. c, d. Not wanting,
b, c, d. but only.
144. And another.
151. b. weary, weary wandering,
c, d. weary wandering.
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O hold thy tongue, bonny Jean Gordon,
O hold your tongue, my lamb! |
| (c, d. thy) |
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For once I was a noble captain,
Now for thy sake a single man. |
171. b. O high is the hills and the mountains.
c, d. high were: and mountains.
172. b. and the.
18, 19. Wanting.
201. b. was in. c, d. were in.
203. I could go.
b. Jean for Castle, wrongly.
19-21 of b are displaced, and come after b
26: or, 23-27 of a follow a 20,
and then come this stanza
(not in a) and a 21, 22.
After 20. b:
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O hold thy tongue, bonny Jean (c, d. your) Gordon,
O hold your tongue, my dow!
I've but one half-crown in the world,
I'll buy hose and shoon (c, d. And I'll) to you. |
211. b. Then, wrongly,
b, c, d. to bonny.
212. And coming over the green.
213. b. porter cried out with a cry.
c, d. called out very loudly.
214. b. O wanting,
b, c, d. comes our.
221. b. O wanting,
b, c, d. Jean.
222. b. dearly,
c, d. Her father he did say.
223. Thou art: Jean.
224. Captain wanting.
231. over the.
233. But a messenger.
234. Which caused a countermand.
241. b. home now pretty,
c, d. home now brave.
242. To enjoy your.
243. b. home now pretty,
c, d. O come home gallant.
244. You'r the heir of.
251. c, d. O wanting.
253. they. b. are all.
254. The lands, b. all ready.
262. And let's.
263. I'll go home and have my.
264. And then.
271. honny Castle.
272. b. And then at the gate stood he.
c, d. he stood, wrongly.
273. b. porter cry'd out.
c, d. cry'd with a loud voice.
274. c, d. here. b. comes the.
281. c, d. you 're welcome now, Captain.
283. b. come to. c, d. come within.
291. b. at wrongly omitted,
b, c, d. gate.
293. c, d. Now I'm.
30, 31. Wanting.
321. c, d. Then Jean came.
322. c, d. The salt tear in.
323. babe she had at every foot.
324. c, d. And one in her arms did ly.
| 33. b. |
You 're welcome, bonny Jean Gordon,
You are dearly welcome to me;
You 're welcome, bonny Jeany Gordon,
Countess of Cumberland to be. |
| c, d. |
The Captain took her straight in his arms,
O a happy man was he!
Saying, Welcome, etc., as in b. |
334. c, d. Northumberland.
After 33. b.
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So the captain came off (c, d. The captain) with his lady,
And also his sweet babes three; |
| (c, d.
And his lovely babies three) |
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Saying, I'm as good blood by descent,
Tho the great Duke o Gordon you be. |
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are but partially collated. |
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11. had.
12. Lady Mary, Margret, and Jean.
14. they wadna bide.
74. From him she will not stay.
8. Wanting.
94. Hie hangit shalt thou be.
103. Desiring to hang.
104. For marrying his dochter Jean.
112. For a' the offence I see.
113. gar him throw aff his broad scarlet.
134. A' this and mair I'll dree.
142. A year but only three.
151. weary wandering.
16. As in b, c, d.
171. High war the hills and the mountains.
18, 19. Wanting.
203. I could ga.
After 20:
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'O an I war at bonnie Castle Gordon,
. . .
an I war at bonnie Castle Gordon,
There I'd get hose and sheen.' |
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'Though ye war at bonnie Castle Gordon,
And standing on the green,
Your father is sae hard-hearted a man
He wad na lat you in.' |
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'If I war at bonnie Castle Gordon,
And standing on the green,
My mither's a tender-hearted woman,
She wad rise and lat me in.' |
Then: O haud your tongue — I'll buy hose
and sheen to you, as in b, c, d.
224. awa wi your Ogilvie.
233. But a messenger.
234. Which causd a countermand.
244. Ye 're the heir of.
263. I'll gae hame and heir my estate.
After 26:
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'Then hoist up your sail,' said the Captain,
'And we'll gae oure the sea,
And I'll gae to bonnie Castle Gordon,
There my dear Jeanie to see.' |
272. And whan in sicht cam he.
Between 28, 29:
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'The last time I cam to your yetts
Ye wadna let me in,
But now I 'm again at your yetts,
And in I will not gang.' |
30, 31. Wanting.
322. Wi the saut tear in her ee.
323. A babe she held in every arm.
324. Anither gaun at her knee.
33. As in c, d, and a concluding stanza as
in b, c, d. |
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11. had.
22. Months but barely three.
24, 34, 74. fae him she winna stay.
31. Word's come.
62. sister Jean.
64. ye are walkin alane.
94. High hanged.
104. If ever he hanged ane.
132,4. A' this I'll dee an mair.
14. Wanting.
151. weary wanrin.
154. a single sodger lad.
16. As in b, c, d.
18, 19. Wanting.
202. Fa monie merry day I hae been.
After 20 a stanza as in
b, c, d, and then this silly one:
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'O they would be bad stockins,
they would be worse sheen,
O they would be bad stockins
Ye'd get for half a crown.' |
211. they cam to bonnie Aberdeen.
224. awa wi your Ogilvie.
233. Bat a messenger.
234. Which proved a counterman.
244. You 're the heir o.
26, 30, 31. Wanting.
322. Wi the saut tear in her ee.
323. She had a babe in ilka airm.
324. An a third whar nane could see.
332. Ye're welcome, thrice welcome to me.
333,4. Ye 're welcome, bonnie Jeannie Gordon,
Countess o Northumberlan to be. |
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11. had.
22. A month but only one.
34. from him she wald not stay.
42. My servant shall ride on.
44. An forthwith bring her away.
52. only one.
64. she's not along with you.
74. from him she will not stay.
84. Training his gallant men.
94. It's high hangit ye sail.
103. It was to hang.
104. For marrying his daughter Jean.
112. For all the offence I can see.
114. 124. Put on but the.
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'A' this I will do for your sake, Jeanie Gordon,
A' this I will do for thee;
I will cast aff the gold lace an scarlet,
Put on but the single livery.' |
142. Ae year but only three.
154. a single soldier-lad.
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'O haud your tongue, Jeannie Gordon,
An dinna ye lichtlie me;
I was tane frae a captain's commission
An made low for lyin wi thee.' |
(17 as 15.)
171. High were the hills an the mountains.
18, 19. Wanting.
Before 20:
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'Haud your tongue, Jeannie Gordon,
Ye needna gloom on me;
I hae but ae half-crown in the warld,
I'll buy stockings an shoon to thee.' |
201. If I were in the bonny glens o Ourdlie.
202. Where mony bonny days I hae been.
After 20:
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'If ye were at bonny Castle Gordon,
An lichtit on the green,
Your faither is a hard-hearted man,
He wald na let you in.' |
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'If I were at bonny Castle Gordon,
An lichtit on the green,
My mother's a good-hearted woman,
She wald open an lat me in.' |
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The Duke o Gordon cam trippin doun stairs
Wi the saut tear in his ee: (cf. 322)
'Ye're welcome here, Jeannie Gordon,
Wi a' your young family, (cf. 332)
Ye're welcome here, Jeannie Gordon,
But awa wi your Ogilvie.' |
231,2. The Captain took ship an sailed,
He sailed from the land.
233. But a messenger.
234. Which caused a countermand.
241,3. Come back, come back, C. O.
244. You are earl.
25. Wanting.
263. I will gae hame an.
272. An lichtit on the green.
274. Says, Here's Captain Ogilvie again.
After 27:
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The Duke o Gordon cam trippin doun stairs,
Wi his hat into his hand:
'Ye're welcome hame, Captain Ogilvie,
The heir o Northumberland.' |
After 28:
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'Put up your hat, Duke o Gordon,
An do not let it fa;
It never set the noble Duke o Gordon
To bow to a single soldier-lad.' |
294. No ither favour I claim.
30, 31. Wanting.
322. the saut tear in her ee.
323,4. You're welcome hame, Captain Ogilvie,
You 're dearly welcome to me.
33. Wanting.
After 33:
The Captain went aff with his lady, nearly as in b-e.
The order of stanzas is deranged. Some of
the variations are clearly misremembrances. |
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Nine stanzas only.
11. had.
14. wud awa.
22. A month but barely twa.
24. from him she wudna stay.
34. from him she will not stay.
112. For any offence that.
151. weary, weary wanderin.
After 15:
Had yer tongue —
I'll buy hose and shoon for you,
Had yer tongue —
For your sake I'm a single man.
224. awa wi your Ogilvie.
Christie's ballad has many of the readings of
a, and a few of the editor's. Of "two
verses, as sung in the counties of Banff and
Moray, hitherto unpublished," one is in
all copies except a; the other is the inept
stanza (see f):
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'Oh, coarse, coarse would be the stockings,
And coarser would be the shoon,
Oh, coarse, coarse would they baith be,
You would buy for ae siller crown.' |
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