Child's, The English And Scottish Ballads

Volume 4 of 8 from 1860 edition -online book

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22                               HYND HOKTC.
The auld beggar man was bound for to ride, With a hey lillelu and a how lo Ian ;
But young Hynd Horn was bound for the bride, as And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
When he came to the King's gate, With a hey UUelu and a how lo Ian ;
He asked a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie. 100
These news unto the bonnie bride came, With a hey lillelu and a how lo Ian ;
That at the yett there stands an auld man, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
" There stands an auld man at the King's gate, im With a hey lillelu and a how lo Ian ;
He asketh a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake, And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
" I'll go through nine fires so hot,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo Ian ;                   no
But I'll give him a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."
She went to the gate where the auld man did stand, With a hey lillelu and a how lo Ian ;