{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch094.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch094.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch094.htm","text":"94.1 ABOUT Yule, when the wind blew cule,\nAnd the round tables began,\nA there is cum to our king\u2019s court\nMony a well-favourd man.\n94.2 The queen luikt owre the castle-wa,\nBeheld baith dale and down,\nAnd then she saw Young Waters\nCum riding to the town.\n94.3 His footmen they did rin before,\nHis horsemen rade behind;\nAne mantel of the burning gowd\nDid keip him frae the wind.\n94.4 Gowden-graithd his horse before,\nAnd siller-shod behind;\nThe horse Young Waters rade upon\nWas fleeter than the wind.\n94.5 Out then spake a wylie lord,\nUnto the queen said he,\n\u2018O tell me wha\u2019s the fairest face\nRides in the company?\u2019\n94.6 \u2018I\u2019ve sene lord, and I\u2019ve sene laird,\nAnd knights of high degree,\nBut a fairer face than Young Waters\nMine eyne did never see.\u2019\n94.7 Out then spack the jealous king,\nAnd an angry man was he:\n\u2018O if he had been twice as fair,\nYou micht have excepted me.\u2019\n94.8 \u2018You\u2019re neither laird nor lord,\u2019 she says,\n\u2018Bot the king that wears the crown;\nThere is not a knight in fair Scotland\nBut to thee maun bow down.\u2019\n94.9 For a\u2019 that she could do or say,\nAppeasd he wad nae bee,\nBot for the words which she had said,\nYoung Waters he maun dee.\n94.10 They hae taen Young Waters,\nAnd put fetters to his feet;\nThey hae taen Young Waters,\nAnd thrown him in dungeon deep.\n94.11 \u2018Aft I have ridden thro Stirling town\nIn the wind bot and the weit;\nBot I neir rade thro Stirling town\nWi fetters at my feet.\n94.12 t have I ridden thro Stirling town\nIn the wind bot and the rain;\nBot I neir rade thro Stirling town\nNeir to return again.\u2019\n94.13 They hae taen to the heiding-hill\nHis young son in his craddle,\nAnd they hae taen to the heiding-hill\nHis horse bot and his saddle.\n94.14 They hae taen to the heiding-hill\nHis lady fair to see,\nAnd for the words the queen had spoke\nYoung Waters he did dee.","title":"The Child Ballads: 94. Young Waters","type":"page"}