O no, O no, the King he ſaid,
for no ſuch thing ſhall be;
I never hang’d a Tanner in my life,
and I will not begin with thee.
For I’ll make you as good a Knight
as rides in my company.
The BONNY HOUSE of AIRLEY.
It fell on a day, and a bonny ſummer-day,
when the corn grew green and yellow,
That there fell out a great diſpute
between Argyle and Airley.
Argyle has raiſed a hundred men,
a hundred men and mainly;
And he’s gone to the back of Dunkeld,
to plunder the bonny houſe of Airley.
The Lady look’d over her window,
and Oh! but ſhe look’d weary;
And ſhe eſpy’d the great Argyle
coming to plunder the bonny houſe of Airley.
Come down, come down Madam, he ſays,
come down and kiſs me fairly.
I will not kiſs thee, great Argyle,
if ye ſhould not leave a ſtanding ſtone in Airley.
