Bonny George Campbell (Child #210), as sung by Brian Peters on Brian Peters and Gordon Tyrrall, Clear the Road, Harbourtown HARCD 031, 1996. I can't get two/three words in the 4th stanza, which was given to Peters by Anne Alderson, as reported on the booklet. Another problem is on the third stanza: in the Scots versions, "my bairn is to big" should mean "my barn is to build", but here in an English text, I think it should be intended as "my barn is too big": am I right or wrong? Please, help correct and complete this text. Thanks. Roberto

High upon Highland, low upon Tay
Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day
Saddled and bridled, so bonnie rode he
Home came his good horse, but never came he

Saddled and booted and bridled rode he
A plume to his helmet, a sword at his knee
But home came his saddle all bloody to see
Home came his good horse but never came he

Down came his old mother grievin' full sore
Out came his bonnie wife tearin' her hair -
Me meadow is green and me corn is unshorn
Me barn is too big and me baby is unborn

Over the hill rode MacDonald the red
And tied to his saddle young Campbell was dead
Blood from the oaken (?) ... ... to the ground
Revenged – cried MacDonald –Revenged for my son

High upon Highland, low upon Tay
Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day
Saddled and bridled, so bonnie rode he
Home came his good horse, but never came he