Willie Mackintosh
WILLIE MACINTOSH—B
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Finlay's Scottish Ballads, II, 89, 1808, as recollected by
a lady and communicated by Walter Scott.
1
As I came in by Fiddich-side,
In a May morning,
I met Willie Mackintosh,
An hour before the dawning.
2
‘Turn again, turn again,
Turn again, I bid ye;
If ye burn Auchindown,
Huntly he will head ye.’
3
‘Head me, hang me,
That sall never fear me;
I'll burn Auchindown
Before the life leaves me.’
4
As I came in by Auchindown,
In a May morning,
Auchindown was in a bleeze,
An hour before the dawning.
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5
Crawing, crawing,
For my crowse crawing,
I lost the best feather i my wing
For my crowse crawing.
