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Laird o Lochnie
THE BROOM OF COWDENKNOWS—I
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Kinloch MSS, VII, 153; from the recitation of Miss M. Kinnear, August 23, 1826, a North Country version.
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The lassie sang sae loud, sae loud,The lassie sang sae shill;
The lassie sang, and the greenwud rang,
At the farther side o yon hill.
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Bye there cam a troop o merry gentlemen,They aw rode merry bye;
The very first and the foremaist
Was the first that spak to the may.
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‘This is a mark and misty nicht,And I have ridden wrang;
If ye wad be sae gude and kind
As to show me the way to gang.’
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‘If ye binna the laird o Lochnie's lands,Nor nane o his degree,
I'll show ye a nearer road that will keep you frae
The glen-waters and the raging sea.’
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‘I'm na the laird o Lochnie's lands,Nor nane o his degree;
But I am as brave a knicht,
And ride aft in his company.
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‘Have ye na pity on me, pretty maid?Have ye na pity on me?
Have ye na pity on my puir steed,
That stands trembling by yon tree?’
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‘What pity wad ye hae, kind sir?What pity wad ye hae frae me?
Though your steed has neither corn nor hay,
It has gerss at its liberty.’
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He has trysted the pretty maidTill they cam to the brume,
And at the end o yon ew-buchts
It's there they baith sat doun.
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Till up she raise, took up her milk-pails,And away gaed she hame;
Up bespak her auld father,
‘It's whare hae ye been sae lang?’
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‘This is a mark and a misty nicht,Ye may gang to the door and see;
The ewes hae taen a skipping out-oure the knows,
They winna bucht in for me.
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‘I may curse my father's shepherd;Some ill death mat he dee!
He has buchted the ewes sae far frae the toun,
And has trysted the young men to me.’
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