A Galloway Song
Ah!
ken
ye
what
I
met
the
day
Out
oure
the
Mountains
A
coming
down
by
craggi[e]s
grey
An
mossie
fountains
--
A[h]
goud
hair'd
Marie
yeve
I
pray
Ane
minute's
guessing
--
For
that
I
met
upon
the
way
Is
past
expressing.
As
I
stood
where
a
rocky
brig
A
torrent
crosses
I
spied
upon
a
misty
rig
A
troup
o'
Horses
--
And
as
they
trotted
down
the
glen
I
sped
to
meet
them
To
see
if
I
might
know
the
Men
To
stop
and
greet
them.
First
Willie
on
his
sleek
mare
came
At
canting
gallop
--
His
long
hair
rustled
like
a
flame
On
board
a
shallop.
Then
came
his
brother
Rab
and
then
Young
Peggy's
Mither
And
Peggy
too
--
adown
the
glen
They
went
togither
--
I
saw
her
wrappit
in
her
hood
Fra
wind
and
raining
--
Her
cheek
was
flush
wi'
timid
blood
'Twixt
growth
and
waning
--
She
turn'd
her
dazed
head
full
oft
For
there
her
Brithers
Came
riding
with
her
Bridegroom
soft
And
mony
ithers.
Young
Tam
came
up
an'
eyed
me
quick
With
reddened
cheek
--
Braw
Tam
was
daffed
like
a
chick
--
He
coud
na
speak
--
Ah
Marie
they
are
all
gane
hame
Through
blustering
weather
An'
every
heart
is
full
on
flame
Ah!
Marie
they
are
all
gone
hame
Fra
happy
wedding,
Whilst
I
--
Ah
is
it
not
a
shame?
Sad
tears
am
shedding.
