Child's, The English And Scottish Ballads

Volume 2 of 8 from 1860 edition

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LADT MAEJOEIE.
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But word is to her mother gone,
Before she got on her goun, That Lady Marjorie she gaes wi' child                   is
To a lord of high renown.
" O wha will put on the pat," they said,
" Or wha will put on the pan, Or wha will put on a bauld, bauld fire,
To burn Lady Marjorie in ? "                                20
Her father he put on the pat,
Her sister put on the pan, And her brother he put on a bauld, bauld fire,
To burn Lady Marjorie in ; And her mother she sat in a golden chair, ss
To see her daughter burn.
" But where will I get a pretty little boy,
That will win hose and shoon; That will go quickly to Strawberry Castle,
And bid my lord come doun ? "                            w
" O here am I, a pretty little boy,
That will win hose and shoon; That will rin quickly to Strawberry Castle,
And bid thy lord come 'doun."
0 when he cam to broken brigs,                               35
He bent his bow and swam; And when he cam to gude dry land, 1
He set doun his foot and ran.
When he cam to Strawberry Castle,
He tirled at the pin;                                                   40