{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch199.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch199.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch199.htm","text":"199A.1 IT fell on a day, and a bonny simmer day,\nWhen green grew aits and barley,\nThat there fell out a great dispute\nBetween Argyll and Airlie.\n199A.2 Argyll has raised an hunder men,\nAn hunder harnessd rarely,\nAnd he\u2019s awa by the back of Dunkell,\nTo plunder the castle of Airlie.\n199A.3 Lady Ogilvie looks oer her bower-window.\nAnd oh, but she looks weary!\nAnd there she spy\u2019d the great Argyll,\nCome to plunder the bonny house of Airlie.\n199A.4 \u2018Come down, come down, my Lady Ogilvie,\nCome down, and kiss me fairly:\u2019\n\u2018O I winna kiss the fause Argyll,\nIf he should na leave a standing stane in Airlie.\u2019\n199A.5 He hath taken her by the left shoulder,\nSays, Dame where lies thy dowry?\n\u2018O it\u2019s east and west yon wan water side,\nAnd it\u2019s down by the banks of the Airlie.\u2019\n199A.6 They hae sought it up, they hae sought it down,\nThey hae sought it maist severely,\nTill they fand it in the fair plumb-tree\nThat shines on the bowling-green of Airlie.\n199A.7 He hath taken her by the middle sae small,\nAnd O but she grat sairly!\nAnd laid her down by the bonny burn-side,\nTill they plundered the castle of Airlie.\n199A.8 \u2018Gif my gude lord war here this night,\nAs he is with King Charlie,\nNeither you, nor ony ither Scottish lord,\nDurst avow to the plundering of Airlie.\n199A.9 \u2018Gif my gude lord war now at hame,\nAs he is with his king,\nThere durst nae a Campbell in a\u2019 Argyll\nSet fit on Airlie green.\n199A.10 \u2018Ten bonny sons I have born unto him,\nThe eleventh neer saw his daddy;\nBut though I had an hundred mair,\nI\u2019d gie them a\u2019 to King Charlie.\u2019\n199B: Bonnie House o\u2019 Airlie\n199B.1 IT fell on a day, a clear summer day,\nWhen the corn grew green and bonny,\nThat there was a combat did fall out\n\u2019Tween Argyle and the bonny house of Airly.\n199B.2 Argyle he did raise five hundred men,\nFive hundred men, so many,\nAnd he did place them by Dunkeld,\nBade them shoot at the bonny house of Airly.\n199B.3 The lady looked over her own castle-wa,\nAnd oh, but she looked weary!\nAnd there she espied the gleyed Argyle,\nCome to plunder the bonny house of Airly.\n199B.4 \u2018Come down the stair now, Madam Ogilvie,\nAnd let me kiss thee kindly;\nOr I vow and I swear, by the sword that I wear,\nThat I winna leave a standing stone at Airly.\u2019\n199B.5 \u2018O how can I come down the stair,\nAnd how can I kiss thee kindly,\nSince you vow and you swear, by the sword that you wear,\nThat you winna leave a standing stone on Airly?\u2019\n199B.6 \u2018Come down the stair then, Madam Ogilvie,\nAnd let me see thy dowry;\u2019\n\u2018O \u2019tis east and it is west, and \u2019tis down by yon burn-side,\nAnd it stands at the planting sae bonny.\n199B.7 \u2018But if my brave lord had been at hame this day,\nAs he is wi Prince Charlie,\nThere durst na a Campbell in all Scotland\nSet a foot on the bowling-green of Airly\n199B.8 \u2018O I hae born him seven, seven sons,\nAnd an eighth neer saw his daddy,\nAnd tho I were to bear him as many more,\nThey should a\u2019 carry arms for Prince Charlie.\u2019\n199C: Bonnie House o\u2019 Airlie\n199C.1 IT fell on a day, on a bonny summer day,\nWhen the corn grew green and yellow,\nThat there fell out a great dispute\nBetween Argyle and Airley.\n199C.2 The great Argyle raised five hundred men,\nFive hundred men and many,\nAnd he has led them down by the bonny Dunkeld,\nBade them shoot at the bonny house of Airley.\n199C.3 The lady was looking oer her castle-wa,\nAnd O but she looked weary!\nAnd there she spied the great Argyle,\nCame to plunder the bonny house of Airley.\n199C.4 \u2018Come down stairs now, Madam,\u2019 he says,\n\u2018Now come down and kiss me fairly;\u2019\n\u2018I\u2019ll neither come down nor kiss you,\u2019 she says,\n\u2018Tho you should na leave a standing stane in Airley.\u2019\n199C.5 \u2018I ask but one favour of you, Argyle,\nAnd I hope you\u2019ll grant me fairly\nTo tak me to some doak dowey glen,\nThat I may na see the plundering of Airley.\u2019\n199C.6 He has taen her by the left shoulder,\nAnd O but she looked weary!\nAnd he has led her down to the top of the town,\nBade her look at the plundering of Airley.\n199C.7 \u2018Fire on, fire on, my merry men all,\nAnd see that ye fire clearly;\nFor I vow and I swear by the broad sword I wear\nThat I winna leave a standing stane in Airley.\n199C.8 \u2018You may tell it to your lord,\u2019 he says,\n\u2018You may tell it to Lord Airley,\nThat one kiss o his gay lady\nWad hae sav\u2019d all the plundering of Airley.\u2019\n199C.9 \u2018If the great Sir John had been but at hame,\nAs he is this night wi Prince Charlie,\nNeither Argyle nor no Scottish lord\nDurst hae plundered the bonny house of Airley.\n199C.10 \u2018Seven, seven sons hae I born unto him,\nAnd the eight neer saw his dady,\nAnd altho I were to have a hundred more,\nThe should a\u2019 draw their sword for Prince Charlie.\u2019\n199D: Bonnie House o\u2019 Airlie\n199D.1 O GLEYD Argyll has written to Montrose\nTo see gin the fields they were fairly,\nAnd to see whether he should stay at hame,\nRR\u2019rror come to plunder bonnie Airly.\n199D.2 Then great Montrose has written to Argyll\nAnd that the fields they were fairly,\nAnd not to keep his men at hame,\nBut to come and plunder bonnie Airly.\n199D.3 The lady was looking oer her castle-wa,\nShe was carrying her courage sae rarely,\nAnd there she spied him gleyd Arguill,\nWas coming for to plunder bonnie Airly.\n199D.4 \u2018Wae be to ye, gleyd Argyll!\nAnd are ye there sae rarely?\nYe might hae kept your men at hame,\nAnd not come to plunder bonnie Airly.\u2019\n199D.5 \u2018And wae be to ye, Lady Ogilvie!\nAnd are ye there sae rarely?\nGin ye had bowed when first I bade,\nI never wad hae plunderd bonnie Airly.\u2019\n199D.6 \u2018But gin my guid lord had been at hame,\nAs he is wi Prince Charlie,\nThere durst not a rebel on a\u2019 Scotch ground\nSet a foot on the bonnie green of Airly.\n199D.7 \u2018But ye\u2019ll tak me by the milk-white hand,\nAnd ye\u2019ll lift me up sae rarely,\nAnd ye\u2019ll throw me outoure my [ain] castle-wa,\nLet me neuer see the plundering of Airly.\u2019\n199D.8 He\u2019s taen her by the milk-white hand,\nAnd he\u2019s lifted her up sae rarely,\nAnd he\u2019s thrown her outoure her ain castle-wa,\nAnd she neuer saw the plundering of Airly.\n199D.9 Now gleyd Argyll he has gane hame,\nAwa frae the plundering of Airly,\nAnd there he has met him Captain Ogilvie,\nComing over the mountains sae rarely.\n199D.10 \u2018O wae be to ye, gleyd Argyll!\nAnd are you there sae rarely?\nYe might hae kept your men at hame,\nAnd no gane to plunder bonnie Airly.\u2019\n199D.11 \u2018O wae be to ye, Captain Ogilvie!\nAnd are you there sae rarely?\nGin ye wad hae bowed when first I bade,\nI neer wad hae plunderd bonnie Airly.\u2019\n199D.12 \u2018But gin I had my lady gay,\nbot and my sister Mary,\nOne fig I wad na gie for ye a\u2019,\nNor yet for the plundering of Airly.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 199. Bonnie House o' Airlie","type":"page"}