Ballads in the Cumberland dialect by R. Anderson, with notes and a glossary, and a biographical sketch of the author |
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MARGET O' THE MILL.
Her fadder's whope, her mudder's preyde,
Was black-ey'd Marget o' the Mill,
And summer day, or winter neet,
Was happy, cheerfu', busy still;
And Ralph, her fadder, oft declar'd,
His darlin forty punds shou'd have
The day a husban tuik her han,
And mair, if lang he skeap'd the greave.
Was black-ey'd Marget o' the Mill,
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Was happy, cheerfu', busy still;
And Ralph, her fadder, oft declar'd,
His darlin forty punds shou'd have
The day a husban tuik her han,
And mair, if lang he skeap'd the greave.
The lilly and the deyke-rwose beath,
Were mix'd in Marget's bonny feace;
Her form mud win the cauldest heart,
And her's was nature's modest greace;—
Her luik drew monie a neybor laird,
Her een luive's piercin arrows fir'd;
But nae rich laird cud gain the han
Of this fair flow'r, by aw admir'd.
Were mix'd in Marget's bonny feace;
Her form mud win the cauldest heart,
And her's was nature's modest greace;—
Her luik drew monie a neybor laird,
Her een luive's piercin arrows fir'd;
But nae rich laird cud gain the han
Of this fair flow'r, by aw admir'd.
Oh, luckless hour! at town ae day,
Yen in a sowdger's dress she saw;
He stule her heart—and frae that hour,
May Marget date a leyfe of woe;—
For now she shuns aw roun the mill,
Nae langer to her bosom dear;
And faded is her bonny feace,
And dim her e'e wi' monie a tear.
Yen in a sowdger's dress she saw;
He stule her heart—and frae that hour,
May Marget date a leyfe of woe;—
For now she shuns aw roun the mill,
Nae langer to her bosom dear;
And faded is her bonny feace,
And dim her e'e wi' monie a tear.
Peer Marget! yence a fadder's preyde,
Is now widout a fadder left;
Deserted, aw day lang she moans,
Luive's victim, of ilk whope bereft!
Ye lasses, aw seducers shun,
And think o' Marget o' the Mill;
She, crazy, daunders wid her bairn,
A prey to luive and sorrow still.
Is now widout a fadder left;
Deserted, aw day lang she moans,
Luive's victim, of ilk whope bereft!
Ye lasses, aw seducers shun,
And think o' Marget o' the Mill;
She, crazy, daunders wid her bairn,
A prey to luive and sorrow still.
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