These news unto the bonnie bride came,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan ;
That at the yett there stands an auld man,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

There stands an auld man at the King's gate, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

He asketh a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."

'I'll go through nine fires so hot,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan ;

But I'll give him a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."

She went to the gate where the auld man did stand, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan ;

And she gave him a drink out of her own hand, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

She gave him a drink out of her own hand,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

He drunk out the drink, and dropt in the ring,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

"Got thou it by sea, or got thou it by land? With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

Or got thou it off a dead man's hand?

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."

"I got it not by sea, but I got it by land, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

For I got it out of thine own hand,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."

"I'll cast off my gowns of brown,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

And I'll follow thee from town to town,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

"I'll cast off my gowns of red,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

And along with thee I'll beg my bread,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."

"Thou need not cast off thy gowns of brown, With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan ; For I can make thee lady of many a town,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

"Thou need not cast off thy gowns of red,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

For I can maintain thee with both wine and

bread,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

The bridegroom thought he had the bonnie bride wed,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan ;

But young Hynd Horn took the bride to the bed, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL

Is probably a lament for one of the adherents of the house of Argyle, who fell in the battle of Glenlivat, stricken on Thursday, the third day of October, 1594 years.* Of this ballad, Mr. Finlay had only recovered three stanzas, which he had given in the Preface to his "Scottish Historical and Romantic Ballads," page xxxiii. introduced by the following remarks:-"There is another fragment still remaining, which appears to have belonged to a ballad of adventure, perhaps of real history. I am acquainted with no poem of which the lines, as they stand, can be supposed to have formed a part." The words and the music of this Lament are published in the fifth volume of "The Scottish Minstrel."

• Gordon's Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland.

And out cam his bonnie bride

Rivin' her hair.

Saddled and bridled

And booted rade he;

Toom hame cam the saddle,
But never cam he!

"My meadow lies green, And my corn is unshorn ; My barn is to big,

And my babie's unborn." Saddled and bridled

And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle,

But never cam he!