Fine Flowers of the Valley 2- Herd 1776; Child H
[Fragment from Ancient and Modern Scottish Songs, Heroic Ballads, Etc, Volume 2, edited by David Herd, 1776. This two stanza fragment is attached to the ending of the Herd's version (Child G). It's an alternate text for measures 12 and 13.
R. Matteson 2014, 2018]
Fine Flowers of the Valley- from Herd's Manuscripts, I, 44, II, 75; Scottish Songs, 1776, I, 90; appended to G.
1 She louted down to gie a kiss,
With a hey and a lilly gay
He stuck his penknife in her hass.
And the rose it smells so sweetly
2 Ride up, ride up,' cry'd the foremost man;
With a hey and a lilly gay
'I think our bride looks pale and wan.'
And the rose it smells so sweetly