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appendix-第3部分
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is found in Mr。 Robert Jamieson's Popular Scottish Songs:…
Bonny Babby Livingstone
Gaed out to see the kye;
And she has met with Glenlyon;
Who has stolen her away。
He took free her her sattin coat;
But an her si1ken gown;
Syne roud her in his tartan plaid;
And happd her round and roun'。
In another ballad we are told how…
Four…and…twenty Hieland men;
Came doun by Fiddoch Bide;
And they have sworn a deadly aith;
Jean Muir suld be a bride:
And they have sworn a deadly aith;
Ilke man upon his durke;
That she should wed with Duncan Ger;
Or they'd make bloody works。
This last we have from tradition; but there are many others in the collections
of Scottish Ballads to the same purpose。
The achievement of Robert Oig; or young Rob Roy; as the Lowlanders
called him; was celebrated in a ballad; of which there are twenty different
and various editions。 The tune is lively and wild; and we select the fol…
lowing words from memory:…
Rob Roy is frae the Hielands come;
Down to the Lowland border;
And he has stolen that lady away;
To haud his house in order。
He set her on a milk…white steed;
Of none he stood in awe;
Untill they reached the Hieland hills;
Aboon the Balmaha'!
* A pass on the eastern margin of Loch Lomond; and an entrance to the Highlands。
Saying; Be content; be content;
Be content with me; lady;
Where will ye find in Lennox land;
Sae braw a man as me; lady?
Rob Roy he was my father called;
MacGregor was his name; lady;
A' the country; far and near;
Have heard MaeGregor's fame; lady。
He was a hedge about his friends;
A heckle to his foes; lady;
If any man did him gainsay;
He felt his deadly blows; lady。
I am as bold; I am as bold;
I am as bold and more; lady;
Any man that doubts my word;
May try my gude claymore; lady。
Then be content; be content。
Be content with me; lady;
For now you are my wedded wife;
Until the day you die; lady。
No。 VI…GHLUNE DHU。
The following notices concerning this Chief fell under the Author's eye
while the sheets were in the act of going through the press。 They occur
in manuscript memoirs; written by a person intimately acquainted with the
incidents of 1745。
This Chief had the important task intrusted to him of defending the
Castle of Doune; in which the Chevalier placed a garrison to protect his
communication with the Highlands; and to repel any sallies which might
be made from Stirling Castle…Ghlune Dhu distinguished himself by his
good conduct in this charge。
Ghlune Dhu is thus described:…‘‘Glengyle is; in person; a tall handsome
man; and has more of the mien of the ancient heroes than our modern
fine gentlemen are possessed of。 He is honest and disinterested to a proverb
…extremely modest…brave and intrepid…and born one of the best
partisans in Europe。 In short; the whole people of that country declared
that never did men live under so mild a government as Glengyle's; not a
man having so much as lost a chicken while he continued there。''
It would appear from this curious passage; that Glengyle…not Stewart
of Balloch; as averred in a note on Waverley…commanded the garrison of
Doune。 Balloch might; no doubt; succeed MacGregor in the situation。
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