Life and Songs of the Baroness Nairne With a Memoir and Poems of Caroline Oliphant the Younger: Edited by the Rev. Charles Rogers ... With a Portrait and Other Illustrations |
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ST. ANDREW'S TOUN.
O hae ye been by Magus Muir,
Or by St. Andrew's Toun?
Or hae ye seen the ruin'd wa's
That honest folk pu'd doun?
Or by St. Andrew's Toun?
Or hae ye seen the ruin'd wa's
That honest folk pu'd doun?
And o' the bluidy Cardinal,
Ye surely hae heard tell?
And the persecutin' Bishop Sharpe,
And a' that them befell!
Ye surely hae heard tell?
And the persecutin' Bishop Sharpe,
And a' that them befell!
The licht that martyr'd Wishart saw
Red risin' owre the sea,
I wat it soon came to the land,
And brake on the Castell hie.
Red risin' owre the sea,
I wat it soon came to the land,
And brake on the Castell hie.
“The death the wicked Bishop dee'd,
Some folk will murder ca';
But by a' it is agreed,—
‘The loun was weel awa.’”
Some folk will murder ca';
But by a' it is agreed,—
‘The loun was weel awa.’”
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