Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 - Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in The - Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded - Upon Local Tradition by Sir Walter Scott
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"They might hae been twae brethren bauld,
"And they might hae bragged the border side." "But your son's a lad, and he is but bad, "And billie to my son he canna be; * * * * * "Ye sent him to the schools, and he wadna learn; "Ye bought him books, and he wadna read." "But my blessing shall he never earn, "Till I see how his arm can defend his head." Gude lord Graeme has a reckoning call'd, A reckoning then called he; And he paid a crown, and it went roun'; It was all for the gude wine and free.[A] And he has to the stable gaen, Where there stude thirty steeds and three; He's ta'en his ain horse amang them a', And hame he' rade sae manfullie. "Wellcome, my auld father!" said Christie Graeme, "But where sae lang frae hame were ye?" "It's I hae been at Carlisle town, "And a baffled man by thee I be. "I hae been at Carlisle town, "Where Sir Robert Bewick he met me; |
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