{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch057.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch057.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch057.htm","text":"Buchan\u2019s Ballads of the North of Scotland, I, 110. Motherwell\u2019s MS., p. 580.\n57.1 IT fell upon a Wodensday\nBrown Robyn\u2019s men went to sea,\nBut they saw neither moon nor sun,\nNor starlight wi their ee.\n57.2 \u2018We\u2019ll cast kevels us amang,\nSee wha the unhappy man may be;\u2019\nThe kevel fell on Brown Robyn,\nThe master-man was he.\n57.3 \u2018It is nae wonder,\u2019 said Brown Robyn,\n\u2018Altho I dinna thrive,\nFor wi my mither I had twa bairns,\nAnd wi my sister five.\n57.4 \u2018But tie me to a plank o wude,\nAnd throw me in the sea;\nAnd if I sink, ye may bid me sink,\nBut if I swim, just lat me bee.\u2019\n57.5 They\u2019ve tyed him to a plank o wude,\nAnd thrown him in the sea;\nHe didna sink, tho they bade him sink;\nHe swimd, and they bade lat him bee.\n57.6 He hadna been into the sea\nAn hour but barely three,\nTill by it came Our Blessed Lady,\nHer dear young son her wi.\n57.7 \u2018Will ye gang to your men again,\nOr will ye gang wi me?\nWill ye gang to the high heavens,\nWi my dear son and me?\u2019\n57.8 \u2018I winna gang to my men again,\nFor they would be feared at mee;\nBut I woud gang to the high heavens,\nWi thy dear son and thee.\u2019\n57.9 \u2018It\u2019s for nae honour ye did to me, Brown Robyn,\nIt\u2019s for nae guid ye did to mee;\nBut a\u2019 is for your fair confession\nYou\u2019ve made upon the sea.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 57. Brown Robyn's Confession","type":"page"}