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Thread #166828   Message #4232700
Posted By: Reinhard
09-Dec-25 - 05:35 AM
Thread Name: British supernatural folk-songs...?
Subject: RE: British supernatural folk-songs...?
Pride turns up in many versions of Two Magicians, e.g.

Child 44:
O bide, lady, bide,
And aye he bade her bide;
The rusty smith your leman shall be,
For a’ your muckle pride.

A.L. Lloyd:
The husky smith will be your love
And that’ll pull down your pride.
...
And the husky smith became her love
And that pulled down her pride.

Martin Carthy:
For the lusty smith will be your love
And he will lay your pride.
...
And the lusty smith became her love
For all her mighty pride.

Scotch Measure:
Bide lady bide, and still he’s bade her bide,
I shall be your lover, for a’ your muckle pride.

Ewan MacColl:
Bide, lady, bide,
And aye he bade her bide,
The rusty smith your leman shall be
For all your muckle pride.

Kim Edgar:
Sayin, bide, lassie, bide—
And aye he bade her bide,
An’ be the brookie smith’s wife,
An’ that’ll lay your pride.