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 The ballad, Lizzie Lindsay, 
 
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LIZZIE LINDSAY. 
 
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THE BALLAD, 
 
 LIZZIE LINDSAY, 
 
 WRITTEN FROM MEMORY BY 
 
 GEORGE MITCHELL, 
 
 AT MES. DAWSON EOWLET'S EEQUEST, 
 
 1891. 
 
 PKIVATELT PRINTED, 1895. 
 BRIGHTON: J. BEAL AND SON. 
 
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PEEFATOEY NOTE. 
 
 > • < 
 
 This Version of " Lizzie Lindsay " was procured 
 October 5th, 1891, from George Mitchell, Ground 
 Officer, Edzell Castle, Forfarshire, who derived it from 
 his Step-Grandmother, Mrs. Lamond (Nelly Low), 
 fifty-eight years ago, she being at the time 80 
 years old. It was communicated to Professor Child, 
 who considered it of sufficient importance to be 
 printed in the " Additions and Corrections " of his 
 great Ballad work (Part VIII., p. 524). In the 
 opinion of some competent authorities, it is one of 
 the best versions of the ballad yet published. 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 The earliest mention of the Ballad is in 
 "Johnson's Musical Museum" (No. 434), where 
 Burns contributed the air along with the first stanza. 
 Robert Allan added two stanzas to the above in 
 R. A. Smith's " Scottish Minstrel " (Vol. II., pp. 100, 
 101), making Lizzie a poor lassie. On 9th June, 
 1805, Professor Scott of Aberdeen sent a copy (10 
 verses) to Jamieson, which was printed in his 
 "Popular BaUads, 1806," Vol. II., p. 149, with 
 corrections from Jamieson 's recollection in two or 
 three passages. Two versions are given in the 
 Kinloch MSS. under the title, "Donald of the 
 Isles," — one of which appeared in "Aytoun's Ballads," 
 Vol. I., p. 277. Buchan prints in his "Ballads of 
 the North of Scotland, 1828," Vol. II., p. 102, what 
 he caUs the ballad "in its complete state, for the 
 first time." In Professor Child's work, seven 
 traditionary versions are given (exclusive of the 
 present copy), along with a number of minor 
 variations. 
 
PREFATORY NOTE. 
 
 The story has not been traced to any historical 
 foundation ; and in the Kinloch MSS. it is said, 
 " According to the tradition of Mearnsshire [Lizie 
 Lindsay] is said to have been a daughter of Lindsay 
 of Edzell; but I have searched in vain for geneal- 
 ogical confirmation of the tradition." (See Child's 
 BaUads, Part VIIL, p. 255). 
 
 W. W. 
 
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THE SONG, ''LIZZIE LINDSAY." 
 
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 I. 
 
 Will ye gang to the Heilands, Lizie Lindsay? 
 
 Will ye gang to the Heilands with me ? 
 Will ye gang to the Heilands, Lizie Lindsay, 
 
 My Bride and my Darling to be ? 
 
 H. 
 
 She turned her roun on her heel. 
 
 An a very lowd laugh gaed she ; 
 
 I would like to ken where I ganging. 
 And wha I was gaun to gang wi ? 
 
 in. 
 
 My name it is Donald McDonald, 
 I'll never think shame or deny ; 
 
 My Father he is an auld Shepherd, 
 My Mither she is an auld dey. 
 
IV. 
 
 Will ye gang to the Heilands, Bonnie Lizie ? 
 
 Win ye gang to the Heilands wi me? 
 For yes get a bed of green rushes, 
 
 A cod, and covering of gray. 
 
 V. 
 
 Up raise then the bonnie young lady, 
 
 And drew till her stockens and shoon, 
 
 And packed up her claise in fine bundle, 
 And away wi' young Donald she's gane. 
 
 VI. 
 
 When they came near the end of their journey, 
 To the house of his Father's milk dey. 
 
 He said, stay still there, Lizie Lindsay, 
 TiU I tell my Mither of thee. 
 
 VII. 
 
 Now makes us a supper, dear Mither, 
 
 The best of your curds an green whey ; 
 
 And make up a bed of green rushes, 
 A cod, and a covering of gray. 
 
VIII. 
 
 Eise up, rise up, Lizie Lindsay, 
 
 Ye have lain over lang in the day ; 
 
 Ye should have been helping my Mither 
 To milk her ewes and her kye. 
 
 IX. 
 
 Out then spake the bonnie young lady, 
 
 When the saut tear dropt frae her eye 
 
 I wish that I had bidden at home, 
 I can neither milk ewes nor kye. 
 
 X. 
 
 Else up, rise up, Lizie Lindsay, 
 
 There mair fairlies to spy. 
 For yonder is the Castle of Kingussie, 
 
 And it stands heigh and dry. 
 
 XL 
 
 Ye are welcome here, Lizie Lindsay, 
 
 The flower of aU your kin, 
 For ye shaU be Lady of Kingussie, 
 
 And ye shaU get Donald my son. 
 
NOTES OF THE MITCHELL FAMILY, 
 
 AND 
 
 GEORGE MITCHELL'S RECOLLECTION OF 
 THE SONG, "LIZIE LINDSAY," 
 
 Mj Step-Grandmother, Mrs. Lamond (maiden 
 name, Nelly Low), was born in the Parish of 
 EdzeU, in the year 1775, died at Dalbog, Parish 
 of Edzell, December, 1847, aged 92. 
 
 It was from her that I learnt the Version of 
 the Song, "Lizie Lindsay," 59 years ago. I used 
 to sing it along with her when I was a little boy, 
 till I was 10. I remember when singing she used 
 always to say, "I suppose she was one of the EdzeU 
 Lindsays," and that was what the people of the 
 locality boheved. 
 
 Her Father was a Piper, a staunch Jacobite, and 
 played the Pipes on the Battle-field of Culloden, 1746. 
 
My Forbears were Tenents in Nether Careston 
 for generations. 
 
 It is about thirty years since the last Mitchell's 
 Tack ran out. He did not renew it, but took his 
 family and settled in America. 
 
 My Grandfather, Robert Mitchell, played the 
 Violin, but my Father, (also Robert,) was one of the 
 best Pipers in Forfarshire. 
 
 I had six brothers, five of whom played the 
 Pipes. 
 
 My Father, Robert Mitchell, was born in the 
 Parish of Marykirk in the year 1784. He married 
 Helen Christison, my Mother, in the year 1806, a 
 daughter of the late Hugh Christison, Farmer, Wood 
 of Dalbog. She died in the year 1825, aged 42. 
 My Father died in the year 1865, aged 81. My 
 Step-Mother died in the year 1864, aged 77. They 
 were all buried in the Churchyard of EdzeU. 
 
I was born at the Coltshill Wood of Dalbog in 
 the year 1823, married Jessie Wilkie, daughter of 
 the late David Wilkie, Farmer of Bonharry, Parish of 
 Edzell, in the year 1848. She died in June, 1865, 
 aged 42, and was buried in the Churchyard of 
 Fetter cairn. 
 
 I married Lizzie Middleton, my present wife, in 
 the year 1870, a daughter of the late John Middleton, 
 Farmer of Burnside of Dalforth, Parish of Edzell. 
 She was born July, 1828. 
 
 George Mitchell, 
 
 Ground Officer, Edzell Castle. 
 October 3rd, 1892. 
 
 Note. — George Mitchell played the Pipes and Violin till he 
 lost his forefinger eighteen years ago. 
 
 He is a successful Violin maker. 
 

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