Douglas Tragedy- Alex Robb (Aber) 1908 Greig H
[Two stanzas with music; from Last Leaves, 1925 and the first from the Greig Duncan Collection, Lyle. informant also sang for James Madison Carpenter about 1931.
R. Matteson 2018]
Douglas Tragedy- sung by Alex Robb (1863-1940) of New Deer, Aberdeenshire, collected Greig.
He's placed Lady Margret on a milk-white steed,
Himself on a dapple grey,
His bugle horn down by his side,
An' slowly they both rode away.
"Come out, come out, Lady Margret,' he said,
"And hold my steed in your hand,
Till I fight with your seven brothers bold,
And your father, I'll make a stand."