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138
Andrew Lang
Fierce as a lion uncontrol'd,
As an angel soft and kind,
Merciful and just is he ;
Glorious C shall govern me.
[This appears to be a version of Hogg's second set of To daunton me (Relics,
ii. 87). For our first verse the last four lines of Hogg's first stanza give
* At Moidart our young Prince did land,
With seven men at his right hand,
And a' to conquer kingdoms three,
'
That is the lad shall wanton me !
Hogg's third set is by far the best and most poetical. All forms show the
variations which are the note of popular songs and ballads. Hogg's third set,
if merit be a test of age, ought to be the oldest. It has no reference to Prince
Charles, King James is the expected hero, and 1688 and 1689 are fresh in
the poet's memory.
* To daunton me, to daunton me,
D'ye ken the thing that wad daunton me?
Eighty eight and eighty nine.
And a' the dreary years sinsyne,
With cess, and press, and Presbyt'ry ;
Gude faith, this had like to daunton me.
But to wanton me, to wanton me,
D'ye ken the thing
that wad wanton me !
* To see gude corn upon the rigs,
And banishment to a' the 1
Whigs,
And right restored where right should be ;
O, these are the things that would wanton me.
But to wanton me, to wanton me,
And ken ye what maist wad wanton me ?
To see King James at Edinburgh cross,
Wi' fifty thousand foot and horse,
And the usurper forced to flee ;
O, this is what maist wad wanton me !
From this version, obviously the oldest, the three others have, in most stanzas,
departed for the worse.]
1 Various reading :
JAMIE THE ROVER
OF all the days that's in the year,
The Tenth of June I love most dear,
When roses and ribbons do appear;
Success to young Jamie the Rover.
Fal deral, etc.
* And a gallows built to hang the Whigs.'