English Poetry I: From Chaucer to Gray. The Harvard Classics. 190914. | | 27. Bonnie George Campbell | | Traditional Ballads | | | HIE upon Hielands, | | and laigh upon Tay, | | Bonnie George Campbell | | rode out on a day. | | | He saddled, he bridled, | 5 | and gallant rode he, | | And hame cam his guid horse, | | but never cam he. | | | Out cam his mother dear, | | greeting fu sair, | 10 | And out cam his bonnie bryde, | | riving 1 her hair. | | | The meadow lies green, | | the corn is unshorn, | | But bonnie George Campbell | 15 | will never return, | | | Saddled and bridled | | and booted rode he, | | A plume in his helmet, | | A sword at his knee. | 20 | | But toom 2 cam his saddle, | | all bloody to see, | | Oh, hame cam his guid horse, | | but never cam he! | | |
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