Alfred H. Miles, ed. Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Songs. VII. Charlie is my DarlingCarolina, Lady Nairne (17661845)
’T
Right early in the year,
When Charlie came to our toun,
The young Chevalier.
My darling, my darling;
Oh, Charlie is my darling,
The young Chevalier.
The pipes play’d loud and clear,
And a’ the folk came running out
To meet the Chevalier.
And claymores bright and clear,
They came to fight for Scotland’s right,
And the young Chevalier.
Their wives and bairnies dear,
To draw the sword for Scotland’s lord,
The young Chevalier.
And mony a hope and fear,
And mony were the prayers put up
For the young Chevalier.
My darling, my darling,
Oh, Charlie is my darling,
The young Chevalier.