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A Collection of Ballads
Andrew Lang
Book Overview:
This is a collection of ballads, edited, with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. The ballads range widely in style, from the historic to the romantic, from the short to the epic, from Scotland to France. Some of the material is the fabric of well-known fairy-tales, others have a historical core, and again others are myths. In any case, every reader and listener should be able to find a poem in this collection that matches their particular style or mood.
This is a collection of ballads, edited, with an introduction and notes by Andrew Lang. The ballads range widely in style, from the historic to the romantic, from the short to the epic, from Scotland to France. Some of the material is the fabric of well-known fairy-tales, others have a historical core, and again others are myths. In any case, every reader and listener should be able to find a poem in this collection that matches their particular style or mood.
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When she gaed up the Tolbooth stairs,
The corks frae her heels
did flee;
And lang or eer she cam down again,
She was condemned
to die.
When she cam to the Netherbow Port,
She laughed loud laughters
three;
But when she cam to the gallows-foot,
The tears blinded
her ee.
“Yestreen the queen had four Maries,
The night she’ll
hae but three;
There was Marie Seaton, and Marie Beaten,
And
Marie Carmichael, and me.
“O, often have I dressd my queen,
And put gold upon her
hair;
But now I’ve gotten for my reward
The gallows
to be my share.
“Often have I dressd my queen,
And often made her bed:
But
now I’ve gotten for my reward
The gallows-tree to tread.
“I charge ye all, ye mariners,
When ye sail ower the faem,
Let
neither my father nor mother get wit,
But that I’m coming. . . Read More
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