Sir Walter Scott's Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Bind 4W. Blackwood and sons, 1902 |
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ancient ballad Baron battle beautiful betwixt blood Border Bothwellhaugh Branxholm called castle Chief Chieftain Christie's clan clan Macduff Colonsay Countess of Dunbar death Dunbar Durie Earl Edinburgh English Ercildoune Eske eyes fair Farewell fell frae German Glen Glenfinlas heard heart Hermitage Hermitage Castle Highland horse imitate isle John Keeldar King Kintail lady ladye land Liddesdale Loch Loch Duich Lord of Corasse Lord Soulis maid Merlin mermaid minstrel ne'er never night o'er person poem poet poetry popular prophecies prophetic quod Orthone quod the knyght rhymes romance ruins sayd Scotland Scottish SCOTTISH BORDER Smailholm Tower song sound spirit stanza steed stone supposed sweet tale thee Thomas lay Thomas of Ercildoune Thomas the Rhymer thou tion tower tradition tree true Thomas verses Walter Scott wild wolde word XVII XVIII XXII
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Side 86 - Light down, light down, now, true Thomas, And lean your head upon my knee, Abide and rest a little space, And I will show you ferlies three.
Side 4 - I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet...
Side 81 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village. The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still "drees his weird" in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.
Side 88 - And she pu'd an apple frae a tree — * ' Take this for thy wages, true Thomas ; It will give thee the tongue that can never lie.' 'My tongue is mine ain,' true Thomas said; 'A gudely gift ye wad gie to me!
Side 88 - He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Side 83 - O no, O no, True Thomas," she says, "That fruit maun not be touched by thee, For a' the plagues that are in hell Light on the fruit of this countrie.
Side 2 - Mark it, Cesario; it is old and plain: The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Side 161 - He held him close and still ; And he whistled thrice for his little footpage, His name was English Will. " Come thou hither, my little footpage ; Come hither to my knee ; Though thou art young and tender of age, I think thou art true to me. " Come, tell me all that thou hast seen, And look thou tell me true ! Since I from Smaylho'me tower have been, What did thy lady do?
Side 3 - Come away, come away, death, And in sad cypress let me be laid; Fly away, fly away, breath ; I am slain by a fair cruel maid.
Side 85 - Harp and carp, Thomas," she said; " Harp and carp along wi me; And if ye dare to kiss my lips, Sure of your bodie I will be." — "Betide me weal, betide me woe, That weird shall never daunton me." — Syne he has kissed her rosy lips, All underneath the Eildon Tree. "Now, ye maun go wi...