Francis James Child

“ And put them in array.
He set them in array, I say,
Most pleasant to be seen,
And he's awa to the wedding-house,
A single man his lane.
And when he was to the wedding-house come,
They wee all sitten down ”

“ He telld her father, he telld her mother,
An a' the rest o her kin,
But he neer telld the bonnie lass hersell
Till on her waddin-een.
When they war a' at denner set,
Drinkin the bluid-red wine,
'Twas up then cam Lord Lauderdale,
The bridegroom soud hae been.
Up then spak Lord Faughanwood,
An he spak very slee:
'O are ye come for sport?' he says,
'Or are ye come for play? ”

“ His father an his mother came,
. . .
They came a', but he came no;
It was a foul play.
Lochinvar, as his comrads
Sat drinkine at the wine,
['Fie] on you,' said his comrads,
'Tak yer bride for shame.
'Had she been mine, as she was yours,
An done as she has done to you,
I wad tak her on her bridal-day,
Fra a' her companie.
'Fra a' her companie,
Without any other stay;
I wad gie them frogs insted o fish,
An tak their bride away.'
He gat fifty young men,
They were gallant and gay,
An fifty maidens,
An left them on a lay. ”

“ He asked at her father, sae did he at her mother,
As I heard many say,
But he never loot the lassie wit
Till on her wedding-day.
She sent a spy into the west
Where Lamington might be,
That an he wad come and meet wi her
That she wad with him gae.
They taen her on to Lachenware,
As they have thought it meet ”