Baby Livingstone
BONNY BABY LIVINGSTON—E
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Kinloch MSS, V, 355, in the handwriting of John Hill
Burton.
1
Bonny Baby Livingstone
Went out to view the hay,
And by there came a Hieland lord,
And he's stown Baby away.
2
He's stown her in her coat, her coat,
And he's stown her in her gown,
And he let not her look back again
Ere she was many a mile from town.
3
He set her on a milk-white steed,
Himself upon another,
And they are on to bonny Lochell,
Like sister and like brother.
4
The bells were rung, the mass was sung,
And all men bound to bed,
And Baby and her Hieland lord
They were both in one chamber laid.
5
‘Oh day, kind sir! Oh day, kind sir!
Oh day fain would I see!
I would gie a' the lands o Livingstone
For day-light, to lat me see.’
6
‘Oh day, Baby? Oh day, Baby?
What needs you long for day?
Your steed is in a good stable,
And he's eating baith corn and hay.
7
‘Oh day, Baby? Oh day, Baby?
What needs you long for day?
You'r lying in a good knight's arms,
What needs you long for day?’
8
‘Ye'll get me paper, pen, and ink,
And light to let me see,
Till I write on a broad letter
And send't to Lord [OMITTED]’
[OMITTED]
