Flower o Northumberland- Mrs. Nicol (Renf) c.1827, Child D
[My title (generic) the other title is 'She's gane down to her father's stable.' Fragment from Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 102 from Mrs. Nicol, of Paisley. It's from a copy sent by Motherwell to C. K. Sharpe with a letter, October 8, 1825, Child version D.
R. Matteson 2018]
1 She's gane down to her father's stable,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
She's taen out a black steed baith sturdy and able,
And she's away to fair Scotland.
2 When they came to Scotland bridge,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
'Light off, you whore, from my black steed,
And go your ways back to Northumberland.'
3 'O take me by the body so meek,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
And throw me in the water so deep,
For I daurna gae back to Northumberland.'
4 'I'll no take thee by the body so meek,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
Nor throw thee in the water so deep;
Thou may go thy ways back to Northumberland.'
5 'Take me by the body so small,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
And throw me in yon bonny mill-dam,
For I daurna gae back to Northumberland.'