Auld Carle Hood- Campbell- Child H
[No informant, my place, before 1830. From the Campbell Manuscripts (Hume-Campbell MSS) held at Marchmont House, Berwickshire, volume II, p. 32. The title is “Old Scottish Songs, Collected in the Counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Selkirk & Peebles." A note at the beginning of each volume, by Sir Hugh Hume-Campbell, the present owner, says, “I believe them to have been placed there [i.e. in his library] by my father, about the year 1830, but where he got them, or who made the collection, I do not know."
This was added in ESPB Volume 2, Additions and Corrections.
R. Matteson 2011, 2018]
H. 'Auld Carle Hood, or, Earl Brand,' Campbell Manuscripts, II, 32.
1 Did you ever hear of good Earl Brand,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And the king's daughter of fair Scotland?
And the braw knights o Airly
2 She was scarce fifteen years of age
Aye lally an lilly lally
When she came to Earl Brand's bed.
Wi the braw knights o Airly
3 'O Earl Brand, I fain wad see
Aye lally an lilly lally
Our grey hounds run over the lea.'
Mang the braw bents o Airly
4 'O,' says Earl Brand, 'I've nae steads but one,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And you shall ride and I shall run.'
Oer the braw heights o Airly
5 'O,' says the lady, 'I hae three,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And ye shall hae yeer choice for me.'
Of the braw steeds o Airly
6 So they lap on, and on they rade,
Aye lally an lilly lally
Till they came to auld Carle Hood.
Oer the braw hills o Airly
7 Carl Hood's aye for ill, and he's no for good,
Aye lally an lilly lally
He's aye for ill, and he's no for good.
Mang the braw hills o Airly
8 'Where hae ye been hunting a' day,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And where have ye stolen this fair may?'
I' the braw nights sae airly
9 'She is my sick sister dear,
Aye lally an lilly lally
New comd home from another sister.'
I the braw nights sae early
10 'O,' says the lady, 'if ye love me,
Aye lally an lilly lally
Gie him a penny fee and let him gae.'
I the braw nights sae early
11 He's gane home to her father's bower,
Aye lally an lilly lally
. . . . . .
I the braw nights sae early
12 'Where is the lady o this ha?'
Aye lally an lilly lally
'She's out wi the young maids, playing at the ba.'
I the braw nights sae early
13 'No,' says another, 'She's riding oer the moor,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And a' to be Earl Brand's whore.'
I the braw nights sae early
14 The king mounted fifteen weel armed men,
Aye lally an lilly lally
A' to get Earl Brand taen.
I the braw nights sae early
15 The lady looked over her white horse mane:
Aye lally an lilly lally
'O Earl Brand, we will be taen.'
In the braw hills so early
16 He says, If they come one by one,
Aye lally an lilly lally
Ye'll no see me so soon taen.
In the braw hills so early
17 So they came every one but one,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And he has killd them a' but ane.
In the braw hills so early
18 And that one came behind his back,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And gave Earl Brand a deadly stroke.
In the braw hills so early
19 For as sair wounded as he was,
Aye lally an lilly lally
He lifted the lady on her horse.
In the braw nights sae early
20 'O Earl Brand, I see thy heart's bluid!'
Aye lally an lilly lally
'It's but the shadow of my scarlet robe.'
I the braw nights sae early
21 He came to his mother's home;
Aye lally an lilly lally
. . .
I the braw nights sae early
22 She looked out and cryd her son was gone,
Aye lally an lilly lally
And a' for the sake [of] an English loon.
I the braw nights sae early
23 'What will I do wi your lady fair?'
Aye lally an lilly lally
'Marry her to my eldest brother.'
I the braw nights sae early