THE
CLANSMAN’S WORDS TO HIS LOVE.
My
love, with sunrise dawning,
Oh
I must give thee warning,
An
attack there may,
Befall
this day
As
night gives way to morning.
I
wouldst, thou must believe me,
Prevent
this and relieve thee,
But
thy clan and mine,
To
battle assign
And
so pray not bereave me.
Our
clans were once according
But
now art they marauding
And
so we must part
And
make a new start
Shouldst
chance be so affording
Oh
rise and take thy mother,
Thy
father and thy brother,
And
beyond the sea,
Thou
shalt wait for me
For
canst I love none other.
So here’s a purse of gold, love,
To in thy cloak enfold, love,
And thou spend it then,
Full far from the glen
But now thou must be bold, love.
And when this strife is ended,
Shouldst thou not be offended,
When I come to thee,
My lover to be
Then shalt our lives be blended.
My love, with sunrise dawning,
Oh I must give thee warning,
I do love thee Nell,
But must fare thee well
As night gives way to morning.
The
Clansman's Words to his Love
The
Courtship of Kate and Will.
The
Knight's Lady Weeps For Shame
The
Seaman's Lady at her Prayers
