O peace, my Lady!" says Sir Cawline,— 66 Peace, Lady! for I am here."

Then he did marry this King's daughter,
With gold and silver bright;

And fifteen sons this lady bare
To Sir Cawline the knight.

THE EARL OF MAR'S DAUGHTER.

It was intill a pleasant time,

Upon a simmer's day,

The noble Earl of Mar's daughter
Went forth to sport and play.

And as she play'd and sported
Below a green aik tree,
There she saw a sprightly doo
Set on a branch sae hie.

"O Coo-my-doo! my Love sae true!
If ye'll come down to me,
Ye'se hae a cage o' gude red gowd
Instead o' simple tree.

"I'll tak' ye hame and pet ye well
Within my bower and ha';
I'll gar ye shine as fair a bird
As ony o' them a”.”

And she hadna these words well spoke,
Nor yet these words well said,

Till Coo-my-doo flew frae the branch
And lighted on her head.

Then she has brought this pretty bird
Hame to her bower and ha';

And made him shine as fair a bird
As ony o' them a'.

When day was gane and night was come,
About the evening tide,

This lady spied a bonny youth

Stand straight up by her side.

"O whence came ye? young man!" she said,—

"To put me into fear.

My door was bolted right secure :
What way hae ye come here?"

"O haud your tongue, ye lady fair!
Let a' your folly be!

Mind ye not on your turtle-doo

Ye coax'd from aff the tree?"

"O, wha are ye? young man!" she said,— What country come ye frae?

"I flew across the sea," he said,—
"'Twas but this verra day.

"My mither is a Queen," he says,—
"Likewise of magic skill:
'Twas she that turn'd me in a doo,
To fly where'er I will.

"And it was but this verra day
That I came owre the sea:
I loved you at a single look,
With you I'll live and dee.”

"O Coo-my-doo! my Love sae true!
Nae mair frae me ye'se gae."
"That's never my intent, my Love!
As ye said, it shall be sae."

There he has lived in bower wi' her
For sax lang years and ane,

Till sax young sons to him she bare,

And the seventh she's brought hame,

But aye as soon's a child was born

He carried them away,

And brought them to his mither's care,
As fast as he could fly.

Thus has he stay'd in bower wi' her
For seven years and mair,

Till there came a lord o' high renown
To court that lady fair.

But still his proffers she refused,
And a' his presents too;
Says " I'm content to live alane
Wi' my bird Coo-my-doo."

Her father sware an angry oath,
He sware it wi' full will-
"To-morrow ere I eat or drink
That bird I'll surely kill."

The bird was sitting in his cage,
And heard what he did say ;
He jump'd upon the window sill,—
"Tis time I was away."

Then Coo-my-doo took flight and flew

Beyond the raging sea;

And lighted at his mither's castle

Upon a tower sae hie.

The Queen his mither was walking out,
To see what she could see,

And there she saw her darling son
Set on the tower sae hie.

"Get dancers here to dance," she said,"And minstrels for to play!

For here's my dear son Florentine
Come back wi' me to stay."

"Get nae dancers to dance, mither!
Nor minstrels for to play;

For the mither o' my seven sons,
The morn's her wedding-day."

"Now tell me,

dear son Florentine !

O tell, and tell me true,

Tell me this day without delay

What shall I do for you."

"Instead of dancers to dance, mither!
Or minstrels for to play,

Turn four and twenty wall-wight men
Like storks, in feathers grey;

66 My seven sons in seven swans
Aboon their heads to flee;
And I mysel' a gay goshawk,
A bird o' high degree!"

Then sighing said the Queen to hersel'-
"That thing's too high for me;"

But she applied to an auld woman
Wha had mair skill than she.

Instead o' dancers to dance a dance,
Or minstrels for to play,
Four and twenty wall-wight men
Turn'd birds o' feathers grey;

His seven sons in seven swans
Aboon their heads to flee;
And he himsel' a gay goshawk,
A bird o' high degree.

This flock o' birds took flight and flew

Beyond the raging sea;

And, landed near the Earl Mar's castle,

Took shelter in every tree.

They were a flock o' pretty birds
Right comely to be seen;

The wedding guests they look'd at them
While walking on the green.

These birds flew up frae bush and tree
And lighted on the ha';

And when the wedding train came forth
Flew down amang them a'.

The storks they seized the boldest men,
That they couldna fight nor flee;

The swans they bound the bridegroom fast
Unto a green aik tree.

They flew around the bride-maidens,
Around the bride's own head;

And in the twinklin' o' an ee

The bride and they were fled.

SIR ALDINGAR.

Our King he kept a false steward:
Men call'd him Sir Aldingar.

He would have lain with our comely Queen,
Her dear worship to betray:

Our Queen she was a good woman,

And evermore said him Nay.

Sir Aldingar was wroth in mind,

With her he was never content;

But he sought what means he could find out

In a fire to have her brent.

There came a lame lazar to the King's gate, A lazar was blind and lame;

He took the lazar upon his back,

On the Queen's bed has him lain.