“His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

Explain − ‘cheer my bonny bride’.

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Solution

‘Cheer my bonny bride’ means ‘make my beautiful wife happy’.

The chieftain uses this expression in the context of Lord Ullin’s men following him for arrest. He means to say that in the event of his death at the hands of Lord Ullin’s men who will look after his beloved.

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Read the following lines and answer the questions the follow:-

“His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

(a) Who is ‘his’ in line 1? Who does ‘us’ refer to?

(b) Explain − ‘cheer my bonny bride’.

“His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

Who is ‘his’ in line 1? Who does ‘us’ refer to?

“His horsemen hard behind us ride;

Should they our steps discover,

Then who will cheer my bonny bride

When they have slain her lover?”

Why would the lover be slain?

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