SIR WALTER SCOTT

Troud Maisie

PROUD Maisie is in the wood,

• Walking so early ;

Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely.

'Tell me, thou bonny bird,

When shall I marry me ? ' ' When six braw gentlemen

Kirkward shall carry ye/

' Who makes the bridal bed,

Birdie, say truly ? ' ' The grey-headed sexton

That delves the grave duly.

• The glow-worm o'er grave and stone

Shall light thee steady ; The owl from the steeple sing

Welcome, proud lady ! '

Brignall Banks

BRIGNALL banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there,

Would grace a summer queen : And as I rode by Dalton Hall,

Beneath the turrets high, A Maiden on the castle wall Was singing merrily :

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