{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch210.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch210.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch210.htm","text":"210A.1 O it\u2019s up in the Highlands,\nand along the sweet Tay,\nDid bonie James Campbell\nride monie a day.\n210A.2 Sadled and bridled,\nand bonie rode he;\nHame came horse, hame came sadle,\nbut neer hame cam he.\n210A.3 And doun cam his sweet sisters,\ngreeting sae sair,\nAnd down cam his bonie wife,\ntearing her hair.\n210A.4 \u2018My house is unbigged,\nmy barn\u2019s unbeen,\nMy corn\u2019s unshorn,\nmy meadow grows green.\u2019\n* * * * *\n210B: Bonnie James Campbell\n210B.1 Saddled and briddled\nand booted rade he;\nToom hame cam the saddle,\nbut never cam he.\n210B.2 Down cam his auld mither,\ngreetin fu sair,\nAnd down cam his bonny wife,\nwringin her hair.\n210B.3 Saddled and briddled\nand booted rade he;\nToom hame cam the saddle,\nbut never cam he.\n210C: Bonnie James Campbell\n210C.1 Hie upon Hielands,\nand laigh upon Tay,\nBonnie George Campbell\nrode out on a day.\n210C.2 He saddled, he bridled,\nand gallant rode he,\nAnd hame cam his guid horse,\nbut never cam he.\n210C.3 Out cam his mother dear,\ngreeting fu sair,\nAnd out cam his bonnie bryde,\nriving her hair.\n210C.4 \u2018The meadow lies green,\nthe corn is unshorn,\nBut bonnie George Campbell\nwill never return.\u2019\n210C.5 Saddled and bridled\nand booted rode he,\nA plume in his helmet,\na sword at his knee.\n210C.6 But toom cam his saddle,\nall bloody to see,\nOh, hame cam his guid horse,\nbut never cam he!\n210D: Bonnie James Campbell\n210D.1 High upon Highlands,\nand low upon Tay,\nBonnie George Campbell\nrode out on a day.\n210D.2 \u2018My meadow lies green,\nand my corn is unshorn,\nMy barn is to build,\nand my babe is unborn.","title":"The Child Ballads: 210. Bonnie James Campbell","type":"page"}