LADY MAISIE'S BAIRN
"Gin ye winna cease for the pity of him,
O cease for the pity of me;
There was never bairn born of a woman
Between the sea-wind and the sea,
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born so bitterly."
O cease for the pity of me;
There was never bairn born of a woman
Between the sea-wind and the sea,
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born so bitterly."
The ship drove hard upon the wind,
I wot it drove full mightily;
But the fair gold sides upon the ship
They were bursten with the sea.
I wot it drove full mightily;
But the fair gold sides upon the ship
They were bursten with the sea.
"O I am sae fain for you, Lord John,
Gin ye be no sae fain;
How shall I bear wi' my body,
It is sae full of pain?
Gin ye be no sae fain;
How shall I bear wi' my body,
It is sae full of pain?
"O I am sae fain of your body,
Ye are no sae fain of me;"
But the sails are riven wi' the wind
And the sides are full of sea.
Ye are no sae fain of me;"
But the sails are riven wi' the wind
And the sides are full of sea.
O when she saw the sails riven,
The sair pain bowed her back;
But when she saw the sides bursten,
I wot her very heart brak.
The sair pain bowed her back;
But when she saw the sides bursten,
I wot her very heart brak.
The wind waxed in the sea between,
The rain waxed in the land;
Lord John was happéd wi' saut sea-faem,
Lady Maisie wi' sea-sand;
And the little bairn between them twa
That was to her right hand.
The rain waxed in the land;
Lord John was happéd wi' saut sea-faem,
Lady Maisie wi' sea-sand;
And the little bairn between them twa
That was to her right hand.
The rain rains sair on Duriesdyke
To the land side and the sea;
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born mair bitterly.
To the land side and the sea;
There was never bairn born of a woman
That was born mair bitterly.