Child's, The English And Scottish Ballads

Volume 1 of 8 from 1860 edition

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272 BUED ELLEN AND YOUNG TAMLANE.
And whiles she twisted, and whiles she twan, s
With a double, &c. And whiles the tears fell down amang,
With the double, &c.
Till once there by cam young Tamlane,                   10
With a double, &c. " Come light, oh light, and rock your young son!" With the double, &c.
" If you winna rock him, you may let him rair,
With a double, &c. For I hae rockit my share and mair."                       is
With the double, &c.
Young Tamlane to the seas he's gane,
With a double laddy double, and for the double dow, And a' women's curse in his company's gane,
With the double rose, and the May-hay.                  a>