The version of lizzy lindsay I sing is a composite of child versions

LEEZIE LINDSAY

Will ye gang to the highlands Leezie Lindsay,Will ye gang to the Highlands wi' me
Will Ye gang to the Highlands Leezie Lindsay my bride and my darlin' tae be.

Then he spoke tae Lizzie's old mother, And a cantie old body was she,
"Mon, if I was as young as my daughter,I wad gang tae the hielands wi' thee."

"But to gang to the Hielands wi' you, sir,I dinna ken how that may be,
For I ken no' the land that you live in,Nor I ken no' the lad I'm goin' wi'."

My name is young Donald McDonnal my name I'll never deny
My father is an auld shepherd, my mither she milks the kye

So she kilted her coats of green satin , and she kilted them up to her knee,
And she's of wi' young donald McDonald his bride and his darling tae be.

When they came near the end o' their journey to the hoose o' his father's milk dey
He said stay there a while Lizzie Lindsay till I tell my mither o' thee.
No mak, us a supper dear mither the best o' your curds and cream whey,
An mak us a bed o' green rushes, a pillow and coverin' o' grey.

Rise up , rise up Lizzie Lindsay, ye hae lain ower lang in the day.
You should have been helpin my mither tae milk her ewes and kye.

Then up spak the bonny young lady, as the saut tearsthey drapt frae her eye.
I wish I had bided at hame I can neither milk ewes nor kye.

I wish I had bided at hame, the Highlands I never had seen.
though I love young Donald Mc Donald the laddie wi' the bonnie blue een.
"Oh, Lizzie, you must hae kennet little, when you dinna ken me,
My name is Lord Ranald McDonald, I'm a chieften o' high degree."

Win up, win up lizzie Lindsay , fora fairer sicht we hae tae see
I'll show you Kingcaussie Castle an' Lady o' it ye will be.

I use the usual "singing together tune" for Lord Ranald verses and the one in "kist of riches" sung by Belle Stewart for Leezie' verses as it is too long in one tune. The story makes more sense in the longer versions and I wonder when it was shortened .Only ballad bores like me seem to sing the long song.