English and other Versions 17. Hind Horn
[danger! loading zone- watch out for falling raw texts!]
Bronson No. 1
[Young Hynd Horn]
Lady John Scott's Sharpe MS., NL Scotland MS, 813, fol. 14
C. K. Sharpe Collection; present tune from Sir Walter
Scott, 1825.)
a Harmonic Minor (inflected VII)
Except the first stanza' the words have not been copied' since they
*.r. ait ibrted to Motherwell; but the latter's refrain ends "bonny,"
"bonnilie." The present tune was probably sung in a pure Aeolian form.
Near Edinbro' was a young child born
With a hay lillelu and a how lo lan;
And his t"*. it was called young Hind Horn,
And the birk and the broom blooms bonnielie'
-------------
Bronson No. 3. [Hynd Horn]
Motherwell, 1827, App'* No. 13; text' pp.-. 35-43. Collected by Andrew Blaikie, Paisley. Motherwell's text is a composite of two traditional copies and another printed by R. H. Cromek. pI
The first phrase of this copy is like the opening of the.old "Ladie Cassilles Lilt^" ("Gypsy Laddie") tune in the Skene MS., but not the rest. Keith not.i the parallel, and adds the recent "A wee bird cam" for another (ct. A. Mofrat, Minstrelsy of Scotland [1894], p. 6, for the latter).
1. Near Edinburgh was a young child born,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And his name it was called Young Hynd Horn,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie'
2. Seven lang years he served the King,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And it's a' for the sake of his dochter Jean,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
------------------
7. [Hind Horn]
Grgig MSS., IV, p. 69. Also in Greig and Keith, 1925, p.
21 (e). Sung by Mrs. Sangster, Mindaw, September 1910.
------------------
8. [Hynd Horn]
Greig MSS., II, p. 13. Sung by Alexander Robb, New Deer,
Aberdeenshire, June 1906.
mE/D
1. Hey horn bound lovie Hey horn free
Where was ye born and in what counterie?"
"It was in fair Scotland that I was born
And back to fair Scotland I will return."
-------------
9. [Hynd Horn]
Greig _MSS., II, p. 64. Sung by James Ewen, Loanhead,
New Deer, Aberdeenshire, August 1906.
mfr/D
It's aye home-bound, love, aye home-free,
Where was you born or in what counterie?
'Twas in fair Scotland that I was born,
And all my friends has me forlorn.
----------------
10. [Hind Horn]
Greig MSS, II, p. 12. Sung by Mrs. Rettie, Milbrex, September 1906.
m E/D
----------------
19. "The Begging Weed"
Greig MSS., I, P. 133, text, Bk. 713, III, pp. 102ff Sung
by Andrew Findley, March 1906.
P E/D
I know an' fair lovey, I know an' free,
Where come you* from or from what countrie?
In fair Scotland I was bred g born
My friends they ail hae me forlorn.
I gied to my love a gay gold ring,
The value o' it was above all thing;
She gave to me a silver one,
It was to rule o'er a' the lan',
While this ring does keep its hue
You'll know that I prove true to [you].
But when this ring do"t grow pale and wan]
You'll know that I love another m[an]
4. He hysed up sail and away sailed he
Some foreign country for to see,
He looked to the ring & it was pale & wan
And he knew she loved another m[an]
He hysed up sail & hame cam' he,
Hame again to his ain countree
And when he catn' to fair Scotlan'
The first that he met was an auld beggar [man]
O aul' man, aul' man, aul' man, said [he]
What news, what news hae Ye to giel
Nae news, nae news hae I to gie,
But this is oor Queen's weddin' day.
Aul' man, aul' man, aul' man, said he
What is the language that ye beg fwi'l]
I seek meat (mate) frae ane, I seek fmeat] frae twa,
I seek meat frae the highest to the lowest o' them a'.
Ye'll gie me your beggin' weed,
And i'll gie you my ridin' steed[.]
My beggin' weed it wadna suit thee
Your ridin' steed it wadna suit me.
----------------