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... .293 THE TRUMPETER OF FYVIE 296 ROSE THE RED AND WHITE LILLY .303 RULLION GREEN .312 LOUDON HILL .... .... 315 THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIDGE ..318 THE WEE WEE MAN 322 PAGE YOUNG BENJIE HYNDE HORN THE HEIR OF LINNE .. CONTENTS . vii.
... .293 THE TRUMPETER OF FYVIE 296 ROSE THE RED AND WHITE LILLY .303 RULLION GREEN .312 LOUDON HILL .... .... 315 THE BATTLE OF BOTHWELL BRIDGE ..318 THE WEE WEE MAN 322 PAGE YOUNG BENJIE HYNDE HORN THE HEIR OF LINNE .. CONTENTS . vii.
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun. PAGE YOUNG BENJIE HYNDE HORN THE HEIR OF LINNE .. .324 ..328 .332 THE DEMON LOVER .341 SIR ROLAND .. .345 ALISON GROSS ....... .350 LAMMIKIN .356 BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY .361 BONNY MAY .. .364 THE CRUEL ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun. PAGE YOUNG BENJIE HYNDE HORN THE HEIR OF LINNE .. .324 ..328 .332 THE DEMON LOVER .341 SIR ROLAND .. .345 ALISON GROSS ....... .350 LAMMIKIN .356 BESSIE BELL AND MARY GRAY .361 BONNY MAY .. .364 THE CRUEL ...
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... flee frae tree to tree , My younger brother will heir my land , For England again I ne'er will see ! " She went away unto her chamber , All night she never closed her e'e ; And when the day begowd to dawn , At the 22 22 LORD BEICHAN .
... flee frae tree to tree , My younger brother will heir my land , For England again I ne'er will see ! " She went away unto her chamber , All night she never closed her e'e ; And when the day begowd to dawn , At the 22 22 LORD BEICHAN .
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... heir . " My father was lord o ' nine castles , My mother lady o ' three ; My father was lord o ' nine castles , And there's nane to heir but me , Unless it be Willie , my ae brother , But he's far ayont the sea . " " If your father's ...
... heir . " My father was lord o ' nine castles , My mother lady o ' three ; My father was lord o ' nine castles , And there's nane to heir but me , Unless it be Willie , my ae brother , But he's far ayont the sea . " " If your father's ...
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... heir o ' Baleighan ? For he has killed a gallant squire , And his friends are out to take him . Now he has gane to the house of Mar , Where the Nourice was his leman , To seek his dear he did repair , Thinking she would befriend him ...
... heir o ' Baleighan ? For he has killed a gallant squire , And his friends are out to take him . Now he has gane to the house of Mar , Where the Nourice was his leman , To seek his dear he did repair , Thinking she would befriend him ...
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amang Andrew Lammie auld bairn baith ballad billie Billy Blin blaw blude Border Minstrelsy bower Captain Ogilvie castle Cromdale daughter dear doun e'er Earl Edinburgh Ettrick Forrest fair Annet Fair Janet fair ladie father fause Fause Foodrage fell frae Frendraught Fyvie gane gang Gilderoy gin ye Glenlogie Gordon gowd Græme green gude hadna hame hand heir of Linne hill Johnston King knee knight lads lady ladye Laird Lammikin land lass Lord mair Maisry marry maun Montrose mony mother Motherwell nane ne'er never noble nut-brown bride o'er Octavo Outlaw Outlaw Murray ower owre rade recitation Richie Storie ride sall says Scotland Scottish Sir Walter Scott sister spak stanzas steed suld Syne ta'en thee There's thou true-love unto wadna weel Willie ye maun ye'll yett young young Benjie
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Page 341 - They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm, And the waves came o'er the broken ship, Till a
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Page 123 - For I'm weary wi hunting, and fain wald lie down." " OI fear ye are poisond, Lord Randal, my son! OI fear ye are poisond, my handsome young man!
Page 256 - ADIEU, madame, my mother dear, But and my sisters three ! Adieu, fair Robert of Orchardstane ! My heart is wae for thee. Adieu the lily and the rose, The primrose, fair to see ! Adieu, my ladye, and only joy ! For I may not stay with thee.
Page 101 - Gae back, gae back now, Sweet Willie, And comfort your fair lady ; For where ye had but ae nourice, Your young son shall hae three.
Page 331 - Which was the unthrifty heire of Linne. His father was a right good lord, His mother a lady of high degree ; But they, alas ! were dead, him froe, And he lov'd keeping companie. To spend the daye with merry...