{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch220.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch220.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch220.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 220A: The Bonny Lass of Anglesley\n \n \n 220A.1 OUR king he has a secret to tell,\n And ay well keepit it must be:\n The English lords are coming down\n To dance and win the victory.\n 220A.2 Our king has cry\u2019d a noble cry,\n And ay well keepit it must be:\n \u2018Gar saddle ye, and bring to me\n The bonny lass of Anglesey.\u2019\n 220A.3 Up she starts, as white as the milk,\n Between him and his company:\n What is the thing I hae to ask,\n If I sould win the victory?\u2019\n 220A.4 \u2018Fifteen ploughs but and a mill\n I gie thee till the day thou die,\n And the fairest knight in a\u2019 my court\n To chuse thy husband for to be.\u2019\n 220A.5 She\u2019s taen the fifteen lord[s] by the hand,\n Saying, \u2018Will ye come dance with me?\u2019\n But on the morn at ten o\u2019clock\n They gave it oer most shamefully.\n 220A.6 Up then rais the fifteenth lord-+--+-\n I wat an angry man was he-+--+-\n Laid by frae him his belt and sword,\n And to the floor gaed manfully.\n 220A.7 He said, \u2018My feet shall be my dead\n Before she win the victory;\u2019\n But before \u2019twas ten o\u2019clock at night\n He gaed it oer as shamefully.\n \n \n \n 220B: The Bonny Lass of Anglesley\n \n \n 220B.1 WORD has gane thro a\u2019 this land,\n And O well noticed it maun be!\n The English lords are coming down\n To dance and gain the victorie.\n 220B.2 The king has made a noble cry,\n And well attended it maun be:\n \u2018Come saddle ye, and bring to me\n The bonny lass o Englessie.\u2019\n 220B.3 She started up, a\u2019 dress\u2019d in white,\n Between him and his companie;\n Said, What will ye gie, my royal liege,\n If I will dance this dance for thee?\n 220B.4 \u2018Five good ploughs but and a mill\n I\u2019ll give you till the day ye die;\n The bravest knight in all my court,\n I\u2019ll give, your husband for to be.\u2019\n 220B.5 She\u2019s taen the first lord by the hand,\n Says, \u2018Ye\u2019ll rise up and dance wi me;\u2019\n But she made a\u2019 these lords fifeteen\n To gie it up right shamefullie.\n 220B.6 Then out it speaks a younger lord,\n Says, \u2018Fye for shame! how can this be?\u2019\n He loosd his brand frae aff his side,\n Likewise his buckler frae his knee.\n 220B.7 He sware his feet should be his dead\n Before he lost the victorie;\n He danc\u2019d full fast, but tired at last,\n And gae it up as shamefullie.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Next: 221. Katherine Jafray","title":"The Child Ballads: 220. The Bonny Lass of Anglesley","type":"page"}