by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915)
Bonnie George Campbell
Language: Scottish (Scots)
High upon Highlands, and laigh upon Tay. Bonnie George Campbell rode out on a day. He saddled, he bridled, and gallant rode he. And hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he. Out cam his mother dear, greeting fu sair. Out cam his bonnie bryde, riving her hair. "The meadow lies green, and the corn is unshorn. But Bonnie George Campbell will never return." Saddled and bridled and booted rode he, A plume in his helmet, a sword at his knee. But toom cam his saddle all bloody to see. Oh, hame cam his guid horse, but never cam he.
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, "Bonnie George Campbell", Child ballad 210 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915) , "Unge George Campbell" ; composed by Peter Arnold Heise, Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 101
Højt op i Fjældet
Language: Danish (Dansk) after the Scottish (Scots)
Højt op i Fjældet og dybt ned i Dal unge George Campbell red ud ved Hanegal. Saa fri han red i Sadlen, saa stolt han red af Sted. Hans gode Hest er kommen hjem, men han kom ikke med. Ud gik hans Moder saa sorrigfuld i Gaard, ud gik hans unge Brud, hun rev sit gule Haar: „Saa fri Du red i Sadlen, saa stolt Du red af Sted; din gode Hest er kommen hjem, men Du kom ikke med!” „Min Eng ligger hen, og mit Hø er ikke strøet. Min Lade staar tom, og mit Barn er ikke født. Saa fri Du red i Sadlen, saa stolt som ingen fler. Din gode Hest er kommen hjem -- Du kommer aldrig mér!”
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Thor Lange, Udvalgte digte, ved Otto Borchsenius, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, 1915, pages 5-6.
Text Authorship:
- by Thor Næve Lange (1851 - 1915), "Unge George Campbell" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Bonnie George Campbell", Child ballad 210
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Unge George Campbell", subtitle: "Fra Skotsk", published 1875 [ voice and piano ], from Digte fra Middelalderen = Mittelalterische Romanzen, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Højt op i fjeldet", op. 34 (Otte folkeviser efter Thor Lange ) no. 2 (1888) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2022-11-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 121