English and Scottish Ballads Volume 6 by Francis James Child
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Author: Francis James Child
Number of Pages: 60 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781236005779
File size: 40 Mb
Download Link: english and scottish ballads volume 6
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ...I can neither fight nor flee. "Ye've stown the bridle off my naig, And ye've put water i' my lang gun; Ye've fixed my sword within the sheath, That out again it winna come." He had but time to cross himseP, A prayer he hadna time to say, Till round him came the Crosiers keen, All riding graithed, and in array. "Weel met, weel met, now, Parcy Reed, Thou art the very man we sought; Owre lang hae we been in your debt, Now will we pay you as we ought. ""Well pay thee at the nearest tree, Where we shall hang thee like a hound;" Brave Parcy rais'd his fankit sword, And fell'd the foremost to the ground. Alake, and wae for Parcy Reed, Alake, he was an unarmed man; Four weapons pierced him all at once, As they assailed him there and than. They fell upon him all at once, They mangled him most cruellie; The slightest wound might caused his deid, And they have gi'en him thirty-three. They hacket off his hands and feet, And left him lying on the lee. "Now, Parcy Reed, we've paid our debt, Ye canna weel dispute the tale," The Crosiers said, and off they rade--They rade the airt o' Liddesdale. It was the hour o' gloamin' gray, When herds come in frae fauld and pen; A herd he saw a huntsman lie, Says he, "Can this be Laird Troughen'?" VOL. vi. 10 "There's some will ca' me Parcy Reed, And some will ca' me Laird Troughen'; It's little matter what they ca' me, My faes hae made me ill to ken. "There's some will ca' me Parcy Reed, And speak my praise in tower and town; It's little matter what they do now, My life-blood rudds the heather brown. "There's some will ca' me Parcy Reed, And a' my virtues say and sing;I would much rather have just now A draught o' water frae the spring!" The herd flung aff his clou...
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