Bonnie James Campbell- Edwards (VT) 1930 Flanders

Bonnie James Campbell- Edwards (VT) 1930s Flanders

[Fragment from Ancient Ballads III, Flanders, 1963. George Edwards of Burlington, Vermont was also given printed texts of the Child ballads. This is his best recollection. Below are my footnotes.

R. Matteson 2013, 2016]


Bonnie James Campbell- recalled by Edwards of Burlington, VT. Collected in the 1930s by Flanders.

O, in the highlands, [1]
And all along the Dee. [2]
The bonny James Campbell,
Is riding along the Dee.

1. Out in the highlands,
1. Usually "All along the Tay," Flanders comments that "Dee" perhaps means "day"