| Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. (1863–1944). The Oxford Book of Ballads. 1910. |
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| 134. Willie Macintosh |
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‘TURN, Willie Macintosh, | |
| Turn, I bid you; | |
| Gin ye burn Auchindown, | |
| Huntly will head you.’— | |
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II
‘Head me or hang me, | 5 |
| That canna fley me; | |
| I’ll burn Auchindown | |
| Ere the life lea’ me.’ | |
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III
Coming down Deeside, | |
| In a clear morning, | 10 |
| Auchindown was in flame, | |
| Ere the cock-crawing. | |
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IV
But coming o’er Cairn Croom, | |
| And looking down, man, | |
| I saw Willie Macintosh | 15 |
| Burn Auchindown, man. | |
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V
‘Bonnie Willie Macintosh, | |
| Whare left ye your men?’— | |
| ‘I left them in the Stapler, | |
| But they’ll never come hame.’ | 20 |
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VI
‘Bonny Willie Macintosh, | |
| Whare now is your men?’— | |
| ‘I left them in the Stapler, | |
| Sleeping in their sheen.’ | |
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