Rashy Moor- Mrs. Cruickshank (Aber) 1908 Greig E
[Composite Greig-Duncan #1215E. Stanza 2 is in the place of the Chorus. These additional verses for 1215D furnished by Mrs Cruickshank, Greciehill, New Deer - collected by Greig. no tune
R. Matteson 2017]
Rashy Moor- new stanzas 8-10 from Mrs Cruickshank, Greciehill, New Deer - collected by Greig. Stanzas 1-7 by Mrs. Greive.
1. As I cam' thro' yon rashie moor
Fa spied I in my true love's door?
My hairt grew sair, and my eyes grew blin',
To see my bonnie love leave me ahin'.
2. Oh, are ye gyaun, love, to leave me noo,
Oh, will ye gyang, love, and leave me noo?
Wid ye forsake your former vow,
And go wi' the one that ye never knew?
As I gaed in by yon water wan,
The brig was broken at yon milldam;
I bent my body and took her through,
But alas, she's gone and she's left me noo.
But as I gaed in by yon toon-en',
I saw another did my love atten',
I took aff my hat, and I said, Ochon,
The best o' my weel days is done.
5. But I will tell you the reason why,
She's got another and that's the wye;
And I will tell the reason tee,
He has got more gold than me.
6. But if ye love me, love, we'll never part,
And instead o' gold ye will get my heart,
Ye'll get my heart wi' richt guid-will,
You're a bonnie lass and I love ye still.
7. I bent my back into an oak,
I thocht it was a trusty tree;
But first it bent and then it broke,
And so has my love done to me.
8. Ye'll bring to me my honey sweet,
And she'll put on my winding sheet;
And bring to me my darling doo,
And she'll lay me in my coffin too.
9. Now all ye people that stand aside,
Woe be to this false woman's pride;
She is stubborn-hearted and would not bow,
She's been the death of her lover true.
10. Now when I am dead and gone,
You'll write this on my burial stone, —
She is stubborn-hearted and would not bow,
She's been the death of her lover true.