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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Whether he suld fight with his auld father
Or with his billie Bewick, he. "If I suld kill my billie dear, "God's blessing I sall never win; "But if I strike at my auld father, "I think 'twald be a mortal sin. "But if I kill my billie dear, "It is God's will! so let it be. "But I make a vow, ere I gang frae hame, "That I shall be the next man's die." Then he's put on's back a good ould jack, And on his head a cap of steel, And sword and buckler by his side; O gin he did not become them weel! We'll leave off talking of Christie Graeme, And talk of him again belive; And we will talk of bonnie Bewick, Where he was teaching his scholars five. When he had taught them well to fence, And handle swords without any doubt; He took his sword under his arm, And he walked his father's close about. He looked atween him and the sun, And a' to see what there might be, |
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