O I forbid you, maidens a',
That wear gowd on your hair,
To come or gae by Carterhaugh,
[[For young Tam Lin is there.]]
(set: $path1 to 'false')(set: $path2 to 'false')(set: $path3 to 'false')There's nane that gaes by Carterhaugh
But they leave him [[a wad]],
(if: $path1 is 'true')[Either their rings, or [[green mantles]]]
(if: $path2 is 'true')[Or else their [[maidenhead]].]Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has broded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she's awa to Carterhaugh
[[As fast as she can hie.->For young Tam Lin is there.]](set: $path2 to 'true')Now gold rings ye may buy, maidens,
Green mantles ye may spin;
But, if you lose your maidenhead,
you'll ne'er get that again.
But up spoke her, fair Janet,
the fairest of all her kin;
[[I'll come and go to Carterhaugh,
and ask no leave of him->As fast as she can hie.]].'Go saddle for me the black,' says Janet,
Go saddle for me the brown,
And I 'll away to Carterhaugh,
And flower mysell the gown.
Go saddle for me the brown,' says Janet,
'Go saddle for me the black,
And I'll away to Carterhaugh,
[[And flower mysel a hat.'->For young Tam Lin is there.]](set: $path1 to 'true')She had na pu'd a double rose,
A rose but only twa,
Till upon then started young Tam Lin,
Says, Lady, thou's pu nae mae.
Why pu's thou the rose, Janet,
And why breaks thou the wand?
Or why comes thou to Carterhaugh
[[Withoutten my command?]]
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.org/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/a rose but only two.jpg" alt="illustration of Janet plucking a double rose">Carterhaugh, it is my own,
My daddy gave it me,
[[I'll come and gang by Carterhaugh,|it is my own,]]
(if: $path3 is 'true')[And ask [[nae leave at thee.]]]Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has broded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she is to her father's ha,
[[As fast as she can hie->Withoutten my command?]].
(set: $path3 to 'true')He's taen her by the milk-white hand,
Among the leaves sae green,
And what they did I cannot tell.
The green leaves were between.
He's taen her bv the milk-white hand,
Among the roses red,
And what they did I cannot say,
She neer returnd a maid.
When she cam to her father's ha,
She looked pale and wan;
They thought she'd dreed some sair sickness,
Or been with some leman.
She didna comb her yellow hair
Nor make meikle o her head,
And ilka thing that lady took
[[Was like to be her deid.->Four and Twenty Ladies]]Four and twenty ladies fair
Were playing at the ba,
And out then came the fair Janet,
The flower among them a'.
Four and twenty ladies fair
Were playing at the chess,
And out then came the fair Janet,
[[As green as onie glass.]]
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.org/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/hall.jpg" alt="a crumbling hall that some scholars believe may be Lady Janet's">Out then spake an auld grey knight,
Lay oer the castle wa,
And says, Alas, fair Janet, for thee,
But we'll be blamed a'.
"Haud your tongue, ye auld fac'd knight,
Some ill death may ye die!
[[Father]] my bairn on whom I will,
I'll father [[none on thee."]]Out then spak her father dear,
And he spak meek and mild,
"And ever alas, sweet Janet," he says,
[["I think thou gaest wi child."]]Up starts Lady Janet's sister,
An angry woman was she:
If there ever was a woman wi child.
Janet, you are wi!'
"There grows a flower in Carterhaugh,
it grows on gravel greay,
It cold destroy the boney young bern
[[That ye got in your pley.'->Return 2]]"If that I gae wi child, father,
Mysel maun bear the blame,
There's neer a laird about your ha,
Shall get the bairn's name.
"If my love were an earthly knight,
As he's an elfin grey,
I wad na gie my ain true-love
For nae lord that ye hae.
"The steed that my true love rides on
Is lighter than the wind,
Wi siller he is shod before,
[[Wi burning gowd behind."->Return 1]]Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has broded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she's awa to Carterhaugh
As fast as she can hie.
When she came to Carterhaugh,
Tam Lin was at the well,
And there she fand his steed standing,
[[But away was himsel.->Double Rose]]
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.org/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/well.jpg" alt="a photograph of Tamlane's Well in Carterhaugh">Janet has kilted her green kirtle
A little aboon her knee,
And she has broded her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she's awa to Carterhaugh
[[As fast as she can hie.->Herb]]She had na pu'd a double rose,
A rose but only twa,
Till up then started young Tam Lin,
Says, Lady, thou pu's nae mae.
"Why pu's thou the rose, Janet,
Amang the groves sae green,
And a' to kill the bonny babe
[[That we gat us between?"|take responsibility]]She scarcely pulled an herb, an herb,
She scarse pulled two or three,
when up starts there Tam Lin
upon this Lady Janet's knee.
How dare ye pull a rose? ' he says,
How dare ye break the tree?
How dare ye pull this herb,' he says,
[[To scathe my babe away?|take responsibility]]"O tell me, [[tell me]], Tam Lin," she says,
"For's sake that died on tree,
If eer ye was in holy chapel,
Or [[christendom]] did see?"The truth I'll tell to thee, Janet,
A word I winna lie ;
Aknight me got, and a lady me bore
As well as they did thee.
Randolph, Earl Murray, was my sire,
Dunbar, Earl March, is thine;
We loved when we were children small
Which yet you well may mind,
When I was a boy just turnd of nine,
My uncle sent for me,
To hunt and hawk, and ride with him,
And keep him companie.
There came a wind out of the north,
A sharp wind and a snell,
And a deep sleep came over me,
[[And frae my horse I fell.|That frae my horse I fell,]]"Roxbrugh he was my grandfather,
Took me with him to bide
And ance it fell upon a day
That wae did me betide.
"And ance it fell upon a day
A cauld day and a snell,
When we were frae the hunting come,
[[That frae my horse I fell,]]"But the night is Halloween, lady,
The morn is Hallowday,
Then win me, win me, an ye will,
For weel I wat ye may.
"Just at the mirk and midnight hour
The fairy folk will ride,
And they that wad their true-love win,
At [[Miles Cross]] they maun bide."The Queen o' Fairies she caught me,
In yon green hill do dwell.
"And pleasant is the fairy land,
But, an eerie tale to tell,
Ay at the end of seven years,
We pay a tiend to hell,
I am sae fair and fu o flesh,
[[I'm feard it be mysel.]]"But how shall I thee ken, Tam Lin,
Or how my true-love know,
Amang sa mony unco knights,
[[The like I never saw?]]"
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.org/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/tam-lin.jpg" alt="procession of faeries">"O first let pass the black, lady,
And syne let pass the brown,
But quickly run to the milk-white steed,
Pu ye his rider down.
"For I'll ride on the milk-white steed,
And ay nearest the town,
Because I was an earthly knight
They gie me that renown.
"My right hand will be gloved, lady,
My left hand will be bare,
Cockt up shall my bonnet be,
And kaimed down shall my hair,
And thae's the takens I gie thee,
Nae doubt [[I will be there.]]"They'll turn me in your arms, lady,
Into an esk and adder,
But hold me fast, and fear me not,
[[I am your bairn's father.]]"They'll turn me to a bear sae grim,
And then a lion bold,
But hold me fast, and fear me not,
[[And ye shall love your child.]]"Again they'll turn me in your arms
To a red het gand of airn,
But hold me fast, and fear me not,
[[I'll do you nae harm.]]"And last they'll turn me in your arms
Into the burning gleed,
Then throw me into well water,
O throw me in with speed.
"And then I'll be your ain true-love,
I'll turn a naked knight,
Then cover me wi your green mantle,
[[And hide me out o sight.]]"
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.net/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/erica-leveque-tam-lin.jpg" alt="Janet holding on to Tam Lin as he transforms">Gloomy, gloomy was the night,
And eerie was the way,
As fair Jenny in her green mantle
To Miles Cross she did gae.
At the mirk and midnight hour
She heard the bridles sing,
She was as glad at that
[[As any earthly thing.]]First she let the black pass by,
And syne she let the brown,
But quickly she ran to the milk-white steed,
And pu'd the rider down.
Sae weel she minded what he did say,
And young Tam Lin did win,
Syne covered him wi her green mantle,
[[As blythe's a bird in spring]]
<img src="https://ashunera.neocities.net/interactivemedia/project1/tamlin images/charlesvess.jpg" alt="a misty illustration of Janet pulling Tam Lin from his white horse">Out then spak the Queen o Fairies,
Out of a bush o broom,
"Them that has gotten young Tam Lin
Has gotten a stately-groom."
Out then spak the Queen o Fairies,
And an angry woman was she,
"Shame betide her ill-far'd face,
And an ill death may she die,
For she's taen awa the bonniest knight
In a' my companie.
"But had I kend, Tam Lin," said she,
"What now this night I see,
I wad hae taen out thy twa grey een,
And put in twa een o tree."