X:50
T:The Elfin Knight
B:Bronson
C:Trad
O:Greig and Keith, I925, p. 2(2). Sung by Rev. J. Calder,
O:Crimond, Aberdeenshire, I907.
H:This tune, as S. P. Bayard has observed, is that of "The Young
May Moon" (tune, "The Dany O'") in Thomas Moore's Irish
Melodies. The words are sung by Effie Deans in The Heart of Midlothian;
it is undetermined whether they are traditional or by Scott.
N:Child 2
M:6/8
L:1/8
K:G % Hexatonic ( -4) Lydian/Ionian (Bronson has it as I/M)
D | G2 D D2 D | E2 D D2 D |
w:The Elf-in Knight sat on the brae, The
G2 G GGG | B2 G G2 G | GBA AGF |
w:broom grows bon-nie, the broom grows fair, And by there cam' lilt-in' a
GFE D2 B,/D/ | DEG B,DD | E2 D D2 |]
w:la-dy so gay, And we daur-na gang doon to the broom nae mair.
W:
W:The Elfin Knight sat on the brae,
W:The broom grows bonnie, the broom grows fair,
W:And by there cam' liltin' a lady so gay,
W:And we daurna gang doon to the broom nae mair.