porchwood:Shadowscapes: Tam Lin series by Stephanie Pui-Mun LawThe KnightO I forbid you, maidens a’,
porchwood:Shadowscapes: Tam Lin series by Stephanie Pui-Mun LawThe KnightO I forbid you, maidens a’, That wear gowd on your hair, To come or gae by Carterhaugh, For young Tam Lin is there.The RoseShe had na pu’d a double rose, A rose but only twa, Till upon then started young Tam Lin, Says, Lady, thou’s pu nae mae.Why pu’s thou the rose, Janet, And why breaks thou the wand? Or why comes thou to Carterhaugh Withoutten my command?The Fairy HostGloomy, gloomy was the night, And eerie was the way, As fair Jenny in her green mantle To Miles Cross she did gae.At the mirk and midnight hour She heard the bridles sing, She was as glad at that As any earthly thing.-Child ballad #39A Tam Lin The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 1882-1898 by Francis James Child -- source link
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