“The Shepherd on the Hill”

Description

"Whaur Gairn's bonnie mountain strea Fa's into winding Dee, Aft 'mang the shady birks we've met, My shepherd lad and me." He sets out to meet her on a cold winter's night, but never appears. At last his frozen body is found.

Cross references

References

  1. Ford-Vagabond, pp. 293-294, "The Shepherd on the Hill" (1 text)
  2. Roud #5646
  3. BI, FVS293

About

Author: unknown
Earliest date: 1904 (Ford)
Keywords: love courting death
Found in: Britain(Scotland)