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The English and Scottish Popular Ballads

Edited by Francis James Child.

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The Young Maclean

GLASGOW PEGGIE—F

[_]

Alexander Laing's MS., 1829, p. 5.

1

The young Maclean is brisk an bauld,
The young Maclean is rash an ready,
An he is to the Lowlands gane,
To steal awa a bonnie ladye.
[OMITTED]

2

Out an spak her auld father,
An O! but he spak wondrous angry;
‘Ye may steal my cows an ewes,
But ye shall not steal my dochter Peggie.’

3

‘O haud your tongue, ye gude auld man,
For I hae gear enough already;
I cum na for your cows an ewes,
But I cum for your dochter Peggie.’

4

He set her on a milk-white steed,
Himsel upon a gude gray naggie,
An they are to the Highlands gane,
The young Maclean an his bonnie ladye.