{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch298.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch298.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch298.htm","text":"298A.1 \u2018O WHARE hae ye been, Peggy?\nO whare hae ye been?\u2019\n\u2018I the garden amang the gilly-flowrs,\nAtween twal hours and een.\u2019\n298A.2 \u2018Ye\u2019ve na been there your leen, Peggy,\nYe\u2019ve na been there your leen;\nYour father saw you in Jamie\u2019s arms,\nAtween twal hours and een.\u2019\n298A.3 \u2018Tho my father saw me in Jamie\u2019s arms,\nHe\u2019ll see me there again;\nFor I will sleep in Jamie\u2019s arms\nWhen his grave\u2019s growin green.\u2019\n298A.4 \u2018Your Jamie is a rogue, Peggy,\nYour Jamie is a loun,\nFor trysting out our ae dochter,\nAnd her sae very young.\u2019\n298A.5 \u2018Lay no the wyte on Jamie, mither,\nThe blame a\u2019 lies on me;\nFor I will sleep in Jamie\u2019s arms\nWhen your een winna see.\u2019\n298A.6 Now she has to her ain bouer gane;\nHe was waiting there him leen:\n\u2018I\u2019m blythe to see ye, Jamie, here,\nFor we maunna meet again.\u2019\n298A.7 She\u2019s tane the wine-glass in her hand,\nPourd out the wine sae clear;\nSays, Here\u2019s your health and mine, Jamie,\nAnd we maun meet na mair.\n298A.8 She has tane him in her arms twa,\nAnd gien him kisses five;\nSays, Here\u2019s your health and mine, Jamie,\nI wish weel mote ye thrive.\n298A.9 \u2018Your father has a bonnie cock,\nDivides the nicht and day,\nAnd at the middle watch o the nicht\nIn greenwud ye\u2019ll meet me.\u2019\n298A.10 Whan bells war rung, and mass was sung,\nAnd a\u2019 men boun for bed,\nShe\u2019s kilted up her green claithing,\nAnd met Jamie in the wud.\n298A.11 Whan bells war rung, and mass was sung,\nAbout the hour o twa,\nIt\u2019s up bespak her auld father,\nSays, Peggy is awa!\n298A.12 \u2018Ga saddle to me the black, the black,\nGa saddle to me the grey;\u2019\nBut ere they wan to the tap o the hill\nThe wedding was a\u2019 bye.","title":"The Child Ballads: 298. Young Peggy","type":"page"}