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GRIGOR'S GHOST.
PART I.
Come all you lovers in Scotland give ear,
Unto the sad story which now you shall hear,
Concerning two lovers that liv’d in the north.
Among the high mountains that stand beyond Forth.
Unto the sad story which now you shall hear,
Concerning two lovers that liv’d in the north.
Among the high mountains that stand beyond Forth.
This maid was the daughter of a gentleman,
In the name of M'Farlane of the same clan,
But Grigor was born in an outlandish isle,
And by blood relation her cousin we style.
In the name of M'Farlane of the same clan,
But Grigor was born in an outlandish isle,
And by blood relation her cousin we style.
But where riches is wanting, we oftentimes see,
Few men are esteemed for their pedigree.
His father was forced, when he was a child,
To leave this realm, and dy’d when exil’d.
Few men are esteemed for their pedigree.
His father was forced, when he was a child,
To leave this realm, and dy’d when exil’d.
His lands they were forfeit, I let you to know,
Because of rebellion the truth for to show,
Broad gold and vast riches he with him did give.
For his education, and how he might live.
Because of rebellion the truth for to show,
Broad gold and vast riches he with him did give.
For his education, and how he might live.
And solely he to the care of his friend,
Was left by his father to he maintain’d.
He learn’d him indeed for to read and to write,
In all rules of arithmetic he made him perfite.
Was left by his father to he maintain’d.
He learn’d him indeed for to read and to write,
In all rules of arithmetic he made him perfite.
In latin and french he was teached also,
That he through the world was fit for to go.
The king then recruiting, all hands did employ,
While her father as a servant did use this young boy
That he through the world was fit for to go.
The king then recruiting, all hands did employ,
While her father as a servant did use this young boy
In all kinds of drudgery he made him to serve,
And still so he kept him as a corpse of reserve—
And still so he kept him as a corpse of reserve—
