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FAMOUS SONGS
rather than consented, to the ceremony. But there her compliance ended; and, when forcibly put into bed, she started quite frantic from it, screaming out that after three gentle taps on the wainscot at the bed-head she heard Crom-leck's voice crying,c Helen! Helen! mind me F Cromleck soon after coming home,the treachery of the confidant was discovered, her marriage annulled, and Helen became Lady Crom-leck."
At one time the song was adapted and sung to the fine old Irish melody of " Eileen Aroon," and known all over the world as " Robin Adair." Both ballad and original melody are included in the second edition of Thomson's "Orpheus Caledonius," 1733. Geddes chose the air for one of the hymns in the " Saints' Recreation," compiled in 1673, and published in 1683. This hymn is entitled " The Pathway to Paradise; or, The Pourtraiture of Piety."
The history of the quaint and touching ballad of u Oh waly, waly, up the bank," is unknown. An interesting version of its supposed origin is givin in Christie's "Traditional Ballad Airs," 1871, under the name of the " Marchioness of Douglas." The melody is very ancient, and probably dates from the reign of Mary Queen of Scots. Gay turned it to account in his
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