I have only a 3 verse version. It is from "The Fireside Book of Folk Songs" edited by Mildred Bradford Boni, and has this note: "This version of the ballad is found in "The Scottish Minstrel" (edited by) R. A. Smith, 1820-24."

BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL

Hie upon hielands and laigh upon Tay,
Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day.
He saddled, he bridled, and gallant rode he
Oh, hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he.

Out cam his mother, dear, greeting fu sair      (greeting = weeping)
And out cam his bonnie bryde riving her hair.
The meadow lies green, the corn is unshorn,
But bonnie George Campbell will never return.

Saddled and bridled and booted rode he,
A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee,
But toom cam his saddle all bloody to see,
Oh, hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he.

Interesting that some Scots dialect is used (cam for come and hame for home for example, but it stays with to instead of tae and out instead of oot). Obviously this is not the Anglicized version that Brian Peters sang, so it won't help as far as the original inquiry is concerned. I thought it was worth posting as another version, however.

Reiver 2

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^^^ (nice to have this version, but too close to the DT version to warrant harvesting)
-Joe Offer-