Popular ballads of the olden time . e IanFor you this day maun burn. 25. O saddle me the black, the black. Or saddle me the brown;O saddle me the swiftest steedThat ever rade frae a town. 26. Or he was near a mile awa. She heard his wild horse sneeze : Mend up the fire, my false na come to my knees. 27. O whan he lighted at the gate, She heard his bridle ring; Mend up the fire, my false brother,Its far yet frae my chin. 28. Mend up the fire to me, brother. Mend up the fire to me;For I see him comin hard an soon men t up to thee. 29. O gin my hands had been loose, Willy, S
Popular ballads of the olden time . e IanFor you this day maun burn. 25. O saddle me the black, the black. Or saddle me the brown;O saddle me the swiftest steedThat ever rade frae a town. 26. Or he was near a mile awa. She heard his wild horse sneeze : Mend up the fire, my false na come to my knees. 27. O whan he lighted at the gate, She heard his bridle ring; Mend up the fire, my false brother,Its far yet frae my chin. 28. Mend up the fire to me, brother. Mend up the fire to me;For I see him comin hard an soon men t up to thee. 29. O gin my hands had been loose, Willy, Sae hard as they are boun, biggins,buildings. LADY MAISRY 75 1 would have turnd me frae the gleed,And castin out your young son. 30. * O I 11 gar burn for you, Maisry, Your father an your mother; An I 11 gar burn for you, Maisry, Your sister an your brother. 31. An I 11 gar burn for you, Maisry, The chief of a your kin ;An the last bonfire that I come to,Mysel I will cast in. gleed,burning coal, fire. 30. gar, make, 76 BALLADS THE CRUEL BROTHER The Text is that obtained in 1800 by AlexauderEraser Tytler from Mrs. Brown of Falkland, and byhim committed to writing. The first ten and the lasttwo stanzas show corruption, but the rest of the balladis in the best style. The Story emphasises the necessity of asking theconsent of a brother to the marriage of his sister, andtherefore the title The Gruel Brother is a ballad-times, the brother would have been wellwithin his rights; it was rather a fatal oversight ofthe bridegroom that caused the tragedy. Danish and German ballads echo the story, thoughin the commonest German ballad, Go-af Friedrich, thebride receives an accidental wound, and that from thebridegrooms own hand. The testament of the bride, by which she benefitsher friends and leaves curses on her enemies, is verycharacteristic of the ballad-style, and is found in otherballads, as Lord Ronald and Edward, Edward. In thepresent case, sister Grace ob
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