Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Tay, the River | | Bonnie George Campbell | | Anonymous |
| | | HIE upon Hielands, | |
| And low upon Tay, | |
| Bonnie George Campbell | |
| Rade out on a day. | |
| Saddled and bridled | 5 |
| And gallant rade he; | |
| Hame came his gude horse, | |
| But never came he. | |
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| Out came his auld mither | |
| Greeting fu’ sair, | 10 |
| And out came his bonnie bride | |
| Rivin’ her hair. | |
| Saddled and bridled | |
| And booted rade he; | |
| Toom hame came the saddle, | 15 |
| But never came he. | |
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| “My meadow lies green, | |
| And my corn is unshorn; | |
| My barn is to build, | |
| And my babie ’s unborn.” | 20 |
| Saddled and bridled | |
| And booted rade he; | |
| Toom hame came the saddle, | |
| But never came he! | | | | |
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