[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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THE LAIKD O CHANGUE.
O'erhung by the mountain ash and am
His houf was houket deep.
And aye as the evening shadows crept,
Far up the woody glen,
On the green spy knowe a watch was kept,
To guard him and his men.
Now whan the laird afield did gang,
Sic thuds he had to dree
Frae stanes and clods, wi' mony a bang,
Yet fient ane could he see.
And round and round the house at night.
Sic awsome sounds were heard,
As if ilk corpse had risen in fright
And left Kirkdamdie yard.
The bauldest in the earldom,
Were like to swarf wi' fear
For they thought the " roarin' deil" was come,
To carry them to his lair.
Changue heard with awe the gathering host,
Yet whiles he'd bauldly say
Were they men, instead of deils and ghosts,
He soon would end the fray.
For he had been a warrior brave
Had led a stalwart band ;
And fear'd nae danger in the field.
Nor strength of mortal hand.
At length he of the siege gj"ew tired,
And vow'd to end the plight
And wi' a draught o' Hollands fired
His courage for the fight.
Then down he tales his auld clajinore.
Steel-bonnet, spear, and mail,