StoryTitle("caps", "Fair Annie") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The reivers they stole Fair Annie, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "As she walk'd by the sea; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But a noble knight was her ransom soon, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Wi' gowd and white monie. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She bided in strangers' land wi' him, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And none knew whence she cam; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She lived in the castle wi' her love, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "But never told her name. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It's narrow, narrow, mak your bed, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And learn to lie your lane;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For I'm gaun owre the sea, Fair Annie, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A braw Bride to bring hame. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Wi' her I will get gowd and gear, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Wi' you I ne'er gat nane.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But wha will bake my bridal bread,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Or brew my bridal ale? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And wha will welcome my bright Bride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That I bring owre the dale?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It's I will bake your bridal bread, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And brew your bridal ale;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I will welcome your bright Bride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That you bring owre the dale.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But she that welcomes my bright Bride ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Maun gang like maiden fair; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She maun lace on her robe sae jimp,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And comely braid her hair. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Bind up, bind up your yellow hair, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And tie it on your neck; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And see you look as maiden-like ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "As the day that first we met.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O how can I gang maiden-like, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "When maiden I am nane? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Have I not borne six sons to thee, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And am wi' child again?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I'll put cooks into my kitchen,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And stewards in my hall, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I'll have bakers for my bread, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And brewers for my ale; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But you're to welcome my bright Bride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That I bring owre the dale.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Three months and a day were gane and past, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Fair Annie she gat word ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "That her love's ship was come at last, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Wi' his bright young Bride aboard. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She's ta'en her young son in her arms,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Anither in her hand; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And she's gane up to the highest tower, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Looks over sea and land. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Come doun, come doun, my mother dear, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Come aff the castle wa'!", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I fear if langer ye stand there, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Ye'll let yoursell doun fa'.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She's ta'en a cake o' the best bread, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "A stoup o' the best wine, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And a' the keys upon her arm,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And to the yett is gane. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O ye're welcome hame, my ain gude lord, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To your castles and your towers; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Ye're welcome hame, my ain gude lord, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To your ha's, but and your bowers.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And welcome to your hame, fair lady! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "For a' that's here is yours.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O whatna lady's that, my lord, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That welcomes you and me? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Gin I be lang about this place,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Her friend I mean to be.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Fair Annie served the lang tables ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Wi' the white bread and the wine; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But ay she drank the wan water ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To keep her colour fine.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And she gaed by the first table, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And smiled upon them a'; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But ere she reach'd the second table, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The tears began to fa'. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "She took a napkin lang and white,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And hung it on a pin; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It was to wipe away the tears, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "As she gaed out and in. ", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "When bells were rung and mass was sung, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And a' men bound for bed,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The bridegroom and the bonny Bride ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In ae chamber were laid. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Fair Annie's ta'en a harp in her hand, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "To harp thir twa asleep; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But ay, as she harpit and she sang,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Fu' sairly did she weep. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O gin my sons were seven rats, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Rinnin' on the castle wa', ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I mysell a great grey cat, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I soon wad worry them a'! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"O gin my sons were seven hares, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Rinnin' owre yon lily lea, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And I mysell a good greyhound, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Soon worried they a' should be!\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then out and spak the bonny young Bride,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "In bride-bed where she lay: ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"That's like my sister Annie,\" she says; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Wha is it doth sing and play? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I'll put on my gown,\" said the new-come Bride, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"And my shoes upon my feet; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "I will see wha doth sae sadly sing, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And what is it gars her greet. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"What ails you, what ails you, my housekeeper, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "That ye mak sic a mane? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Has ony wine-barrel cast its girds, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Or is a' your white bread gane?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"It isna because my wine is spilt, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Or that my white bread's gane; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But because I've lost my true love's love, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And he 's wed to anither ane.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Noo tell me wha was your father?\" she says, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"Noo tell me wha was your mother? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And had ye ony sister?\" she says, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"And had ye ever a brother?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The Earl of Wemyss was my father, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "The Countess of Wemyss my mother, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Young Elinor she was my sister dear, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And Lord John he was my brother.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"If the Earl of Wemyss was your father, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "I wot sae was he mine; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And it's O my sister Annie! ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Your love ye sallna tyne. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Tak your husband, my sister dear; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "You ne'er were wrang'd for me, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Beyond a kiss o' his merry mouth ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "As we cam owre the sea. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Seven ships, loaded weel, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Cam owre the sea wi' me; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Ane o' them will tak me hame, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "And six I'll gie to thee.\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>