22. Thro' glens and oure mountains they wander'd, Till Lizie had scantlie a shoe; 'Alas and ohone!' says fair Lizie, 'Sad was the first day I saw you! I wish I war in Edinbruch city; Fu' sair, sair this pastime I rue.'
23. 'O haud your tongue now, bonnie Lizie, For yonder's the shieling, my hame, And there's my guid auld honest mither, That's coming to meet ye her lane.'
24. 'O ye're welcome, ye're welcome, Sir Donald, Ye're welcome hame to your ain.' 'O ca' me na young Sir Donald, But ca' me Donald my son.' And this they hae spoken in Erse, That Lizie micht not understand.
25. The day being weetie and daggie, They lay till 'twas lang o' the day. 'Win up, win up, bonnie Lizie, And help at the milking the kye.'
26. O slowly raise up Lizie Lindsay, The saut tear blindit her e'e. 'O war I in Edinbruch city, The Hielands shoud never see me!'
27. He led her up to a hie mountain, And bade her look out far and wide. 'I'm lord o' thae isles and thae mountains, And ye're now my beautiful bride.
28. 'Sae rue na ye've come to the Hielands, Sae rue na ye've come aff wi' me, For ye're great Macdonald's braw lady, And will be to the day that ye dee.'
[Annotations: 9.2: 'dey,' dairy-woman. 19.3: 'bare-hough'd,' with bare thighs. 20.1: 'warlock,' wizard. 23.2: 'shieling,' hut. 25.1: 'daggie,' drizzling.]
+The Text+ of this pretty little song is taken from Kinloch's MSS., where it is in James Beattie's handwriting. In _Five Excellent New Songs_, printed at Edinburgh in 1766, there is an older but much corrupted version of this song, confused with two other songs, a 'Thyme' song and the favourite 'I sowed the seeds of love.' It is printed as two songs, _The New Lover's Garland_ and _The Young Maid's Answer_, both with the following refrain:--
'Brave sailing here, my dear, And better sailing there, And brave sailing in my love's arms, O if I were there!'
+The Story+ is so slight that the song can scarcely be counted as a narrative. But it is one of the lyrical dialogues covered by the word 'ballad,' and was not ruled out by Professor Child. There seems to be a loss of half a verse in 7, which should doubtless be two stanzas.
1. The gardener stands in his bower-door, With a primrose in his hand, And by there came a leal maiden, As jimp's a willow wand. _And by_, etc.