Francis James Child

“ ERROLL it's a bonny place,
It stands upon a plain;
A bad report this ladie's raisd,
That Erroll is nae a man.
But it fell ance upon a day
Lord Erroll went frae hame,
And he is on to the hunting gane,
Single man alane. ”

“ And O as she did murne!
'How can a workman crave his wage,
When he never wrought a turn?'
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O ERROLL is a bonny place,
And stands upon yon plane,
But the lady lost the rights o it
Yestreen or she came hame.
O Erroll is a bonny place,
And lyes forenent the sun,
And the apples they grow red and white,
And peers o bonny green. ”

“ According as ye ken,
The thing they ca the danting o 't,
Lady Errol lies her lane.
O Errol's place is a bonny place,
It stands upon yon plain;
But what's the use of Errol's place?
He's no like other men. ”