Leezie Lindsay- McClure (WV) 1928 Cox
[From John Harrington Cox's Traditional Ballads Mainly from West Virginia, WPA, Bk (1939). This version is nearly identical to the 1935 Indiana version collected by Brewster.
R. Matteson 2013, 2016]
Leezie Lindsay- Communicated by Miss Iris McClure, Morgantown, Monongalia County, November, 1928. Obtained from her uncle, Mr. J. F. McClure.
1. "Will ye gang to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay?
Will ye gang to the Hielands wi' me?
Will ye gang to the Hielands, Leezie Lindsay,
My bride and my darling to be?"
2. "To gang to the Hielands wi' you, sir,
I dinna ken how that may be;
For I ken na the land that ye live in,
Nor ken I the lad I'm gaun wi'."
3. Then up bespake Leezie's best woman,
A bonnie young lassie was she:
"Had I but a mark in my pocket
It's Donal that I wad gaun wi'."
4. She has kilted her coats o' green satin;
She has kilted them up on her knee;
And she's aff to the Hielands wi' Donald,
His bride and his darling to be.
5. He has led her high up on a mountain
And bade her look out on the sea:
"These isles are Lord Ronald MacDonald's,
And his bride and his darling are ye."