{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch297.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch297.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch297.htm","text":"297A.1 \u2018O EARL Rothes, an thou wert mine,\nAnd I were to be thy ladie,\nI wad drink at the beer, and tipple at the wine,\nAnd be my bottle with any.\u2019\n297A.2 \u2018Hold thy tongue, sister Ann,\u2019 he says,\n\u2018Thy words they are too many;\nWhat wad ye do wi sae noble a lord,\nWhen he has so noble a ladie?\n297A.3 \u2018O I\u2019ll pay you your tocher, Lady Ann,\nBoth in gear and money,\nIf ye\u2019ll forsake Earl Rothes\u2019s companie,\nAnd mind that he has a ladie.\u2019\n297A.4 \u2018I do not value your gold,\u2019 she says,\n\u2018Your gear it\u2019s no sae readie;\nI\u2019ll neer forsake Earl Rothes\u2019s companie,\nAnd I don\u2019t gie a fig for his ladie.\u2019\n297A.5 \u2018I\u2019ll keep ye i the caslte, Lady Ann,\nO servants ye shall hae monie;\nI\u2019ll keep ye till ye\u2019re safely brocht to bed,\nAnd I\u2019ll mak you a marquis\u2019s ladie.\u2019\n297A.6 \u2018I do not value your castle,\u2019 she says,\n\u2018Your servants are no sae readie;\nEarl Rothes will keep me till I\u2019m brocht to bed,\nAnd he\u2019ll mak me a marquis\u2019s ladie.\u2019\n297A.7 \u2018Woe be to thee, Earl Rothes,\u2019 he says,\n\u2018And the mark o the judge be upon thee,\nFor the using o this poor thing sae,\nFor the using my sister so badly.\n297A.8 \u2018When I\u2019m come to the years of a man,\nAnd able a sword to carry,\nI\u2019ll thrust it thro Earl Rothes\u2019 bodie\nFor the using my sister sae basely.\n297A.9 \u2018Fare thee well, Lady Ann,\u2019 he says,\n\u2018No longer will I tarry;\nYou and I will never meet again,\nTill we meet at the bonny town o Torry.\u2019","title":"The Child Ballads: 297. Earl Rothes","type":"page"}