{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch050.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch050.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch050.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends & Sagas\u00a0\n England\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n \n 50: The Bonny Hind\n \n \n 50.1\tO MAY she comes, and may she goes,\n Down by yon gardens green,\n And there she spied a gallant squire\n As squire had ever been.\n 50.2\tAnd may she comes, and may she goes,\n Down by yon hollin tree,\n And there she spied a brisk young squire,\n And a brisk young squire was he.\n 50.3\t\u2018Give me your green manteel, fair maid,\n Give me your maidenhead;\n Gif ye winna gie me your green manteel,\n Gi me your maidenhead.\u2019\n 50.4\tHe has taen her by the milk-white hand,\n And softly laid her down,\n And when he\u2019s lifted her up again\n Given her a silver kaim.\n 50.5\t\u2018Perhaps there may be bairns, kind sir,\n Perhaps there may be nane;\n But if you be a courtier,\n You\u2019ll tell to me your name.\u2019\n 50.6\t\u2018I am nae courtier, fair maid,\n But new come frae the sea;\n I am nae courtier, fair maid,\n But when I court\u2019ith thee.\n 50.7\t\u2018They call me Jack when I\u2019m abroad,\n Sometimes they call me John;\n But when I\u2019m in my father\u2019s bower\n Jock Randal is my name.\u2019\n 50.8\t\u2018Ye lee, ye lee, ye bonny lad,\n Sae loud\u2019s I hear ye lee!\n Ffor I\u2019m Lord Randal\u2019s yae daughter,\n He has nae mair nor me.\u2019\n 50.9\t\u2018Ye lee, ye lee, ye bonny may,\n Sae loud\u2019s I hear ye lee!\n For I\u2019m Lord Randal\u2019s yae yae son,\n Just now come oer the sea.\u2019\n 50.10\tShe\u2019s putten her hand down by her spare,\n And out she\u2019s taen a knife,\n And she has putn\u2019t in her heart\u2019s bluid,\n And taen away her life.\n 50.11\tAnd he\u2019s taen up his bonny sister,\n With the big tear in his een,\n And he has buried his bonny sister\n Amang the hollins green.\n 50.12\tAnd syne he\u2019s hyed him oer the dale,\n His father dear to see:\n \u2018Sing O and O for my bonny hind,\n Beneath yon hollin tree!\u2019\n 50.13\t1 \u2018What needs you care for your bonny hyn?\n For it you needna care;\n There\u2019s aught score hyns in yonder park,\n And five score hyns to spare.\n 50.14\t\u2018Four score of them are siller-shod,\n Of thae ye may get three;\u2019\n \u2018But O and O for my bonny hyn,\n Beneath yon hollin tree!\u2019\n 50.15\t\u2018What needs you care for your bonny hyn?\n For it you need na care;\n Take you the best, gi me the warst,\n Since plenty is to spare.\u2019\n 50.16\t\u2018I care na for your hyns, my lord,\n I care na for your fee;\n But O and O for my bonny hyn,\n Beneath the hollin tree!\u2019\n 50.17\t\u2018O were ye at your sister\u2019s bower,\n Your sister fair to see,\n Ye\u2019ll think na mair o your bonny hyn\n Beneath the hollin tree.\u2019\n * * * * *\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Next: 51. Lizie Wan","title":"The Child Ballads: 50. The Bonny Hind","type":"page"}