Sir James The Rose

Traditional Oh have you heard Sir James the Rose, The young heir of Loch Laggan, For he has killed a gallant squire And his friends are out to take him. He's gone to the House of Marr The Nurse there did befriend him, And he has gone upon his knees And begged for her to hide him. 'Where're you going Sir James?'Oh I am bound for a foreign land, But now I'm under hiding.'You'll see the bank above the mill In the lowlands of Loch Laggan, And there you'll find Sir James the Rose Sleeping in the bracken.['You must not wake him out of sleep, Nor yet must you afright him, Just run a dart right through his heart, And through the body pierce him.] They sought the bank above the mill In the lowlands of Loch Laggan, And there they found Sir James the Rose Sleeping in the bracken. Then up and spake Sir John the Graeme Who had the charge a-keeping, 'It'll never be said, dear gentleman, We killed him while he's sleeping.