Ballad Book by Unknown
page 149 of 255 (58%)
page 149 of 255 (58%)
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"For ye have left me nae other guide."
He's lifted her on a milk-white steed, And himself on a dapple gray, With a bugelet horn hung down by his side, And slowly they baith rade away. O they rade on, and on they rade, And a' by the light of the moon, Until they came to yon wan water, And there they lighted down. They lighted down to tak' a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear, And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says, "For I fear that you are slain;" "'Tis naething but the shadow of my scarlet cloak, That shines in the water sae plain." O they rade on, and on they rade, And a' by the light of the moon, Until they cam' to his mother's ha' door, And there they lighted down. "Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, "Get up, and let me in! Get up, get up, lady mother," he says, |
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