{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch223.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch223.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch223.htm","text":"223A.1 FOUR-AND-TWENTY Highland men\nCame a\u2019 from Carrie side\nTo steal awa Eppie Morrie,\nCause she would not be a bride.\n223A.2 Out it\u2019s came her mother,\nIt was a moonlight night,\nShe could not see her daughter,\nTheir swords they shin\u2019d so bright.\n223A.3 \u2018Haud far awa frae me, mother,\nHaud far awa frae me;\nThere\u2019s not a man in a\u2019 Strathdon\nShall wedded be with me.\u2019\n223A.4 They have taken Eppie Morrie,\nAnd horse back bound her on,\nAnd then awa to the Minister,\nAs fast as horse could gang.\n223A.5 He\u2019s taken out a pistol,\nAnd set it to the minister\u2019s breast:\n\u2018Marry me, marry me, minister,\nOr else I\u2019ll be your priest.\u2019\n223A.6 \u2018Haud far awa frae me, good sir,\nHaud far awa frae me;\nFor there\u2019s not a man in all Strathdon\nThat shall married be with me.\u2019\n223A.7 \u2018Haud far awa frae me, Willie,\nHaud far awa frae me;\nFor I darna avow to marry you,\nExcept she\u2019s as willing as ye.\u2019\n223A.8 They have taken Eppie Morrie,\nSince better could nae be,\nAnd they\u2019re awa to Carrie side,\nAs fast as horse could flee.\n223A.9 When mass was sung, and bells were rung,\nAnd all were bound for bed,\nThen Willie an Eppie Morrie\nIn one bed they were laid.\n223A.10 \u2018Haud far awa frae me, Willie,\nHaud far awa frae me;\nBefore I\u2019ll lose my maidenhead,\nI\u2019ll try my strength with thee.\u2019\n223A.11 She took the cap from off her head\nAnd threw it to the way;\nSaid, Ere I lose my maidenhead,\nI\u2019ll fight with you till day.\n223A.12 Then early in the morning,\nBefore her clothes were on,\nIn came the maiden of Scalletter,\nGown and shirt alone.\n223A.13 \u2018Get up, get up, young woman,\nAnd drink the wine wi me;\u2019\n\u2018You might have called me maiden,\nI\u2019m sure as leal as thee.\u2019\n223A.14 \u2018Wally fa you, Willie,\nThat ye could nae prove a man\nAnd taen the lassie\u2019s maidenhead!\nShe would have hired your han.\u2019\n223A.15 \u2018Haud far awa frae me, lady,\nHaud far awa frae me;\nThere\u2019s not a man in a\u2019 Strathdon\nThe day shall wed wi me.\u2019\n223A.16 Soon in there came Belbordlane,\nWith a pistol on every side:\n\u2018Come awa hame, Eppie Morrie,\nAnd there you\u2019ll be my bride.\u2019\n223A.17 \u2018Go get to me a horse, Willie,\nAnd get it like a man,\nAnd send me back to my mother\nA maiden as I cam.\n223A.18 \u2018The sun shines oer the westlin hills;\nBy the light lamp of the moon,\nJust saddle your horse, young John Forsyth,\nAnd whistle, and I\u2019ll come soon.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 223. Epie Morrie","type":"page"}