History & Politics
James Grant (Child 197)
From The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, ed. F. J. Child (1882–98)
‘Away with you, away with you, James de Grant!
And, Douglas, ye’ll be slain;
For Baddindalloch’s at your gates,
With many brave Highland men.’
‘Baddindalloch has no feud at me,
And I have none at him;
Cast up my gates baith broad and wide,
Let Baddindalloch in.’
‘James de Grant has made a vaunt,
And leaped the castle-wa;
But, if he comes this way again,
He’ll no win sae well awa.
‘Take him, take him, brave Gordons,
O take him, fine fellows a’!
If he wins but ae mile to the Highland hills,
He’ll defy you Gordons a’.’
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Traditional Ballads (Child collection). “James Grant (Child 197).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/child-ballads/621/.
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