Elphin Knight- Jean Gall (Aber) c. 1820 Robertson
[My date. From Bell Roberston, Greig-Duncan II, No. 329 G, p. 485, notes, p. 580, see also Kloss. Fragment taken from her mother, Jean Gall (b. 1804) of Strichen. This is probably from Isobel Stephen, Jean's mother who was a folk singer born in the 1700s.
R. Matteson 2018]
Elphin Knight- sung by Jean Gall of Strichen, as remembered by her daughter Bell Robertson
The elphin knight stands on yon hill
Fidie I fidie idom
Blaw his horn öloud and shrill
Fal dreedle ah fal dreedle idom
Gin I'd his horn in my kist [chest]
And syne waur mariet to the knight.