Sir Lionel
No: 18; variant: 18B
- A KNIGHT had two sons o sma fame,
Hey nien nanny
Isaac-a-Bell and Hugh the Graeme.
And the norlan flowers spring bonny
- And to the youngest he did say,
'What occupation will you hae?
When the, etc.
- 'Will you gae fee to pick a mill?
Or will you keep hogs on yon hill?'
While the, etc.
- 'I winna fee to pick a mill,
Nor will I keep hogs on yon hill.
While the, etc.
- 'But it is said, as I do hear,
That war will last for seven year,
And the, etc.
- 'With a giant and a boar
That range into the wood o Tore.
And the, etc.
- 'You'll horse and armour to me provide,
That through Tore wood I may safely ride.'
When the, etc.
- The knicht did horse and armour provide,
That through Tore wood Graeme micht safely ride.
When the, etc.
- Then he rode through the wood o Tore,
And up it started the grisly boar.
When the, etc.
- The firsten bout that he did ride,
The boar he wounded in the left side.
When the, etc.
- The nexten bout at the boar he gaed,
He from the boar took aff his head.
And the, etc.
- As he rode back through the wood o Tore,
Up started the giant him before.
And the, etc.
- 'O cam you through the wood o Tore,
Or did you see my good wild boar?'
And the, etc.
- 'I cam now through the wood o Tore,
But woe be to your grisly boar.
And the, etc.
- 'The firsten bout that I did ride,
I wounded your wild boar in the side.
And the, etc.
- 'The nexten bout at him I gaed,
From your wild boar I took aff his head.'
And the, etc.
- 'Gin you have cut aff the head o my boar,
It's your head shall be taen therfore.
And the, etc.
- 'I'll gie you thirty days and three,
To heal your wounds, then come to me.'
While the, etc.
- 'It's after thirty days and three,
When my wounds heal, I'll come to thee.'
When the, etc.
- So Graeme is back to the wood o Tore,
And he's killd the giant, as he killd the boar.
And the, etc.