PROUD MAISIE.

Proud Maisie is in the wood

Walking so early;

Sweet Robin sits on the bush

Singing so rarely.

"Tell me, thou bonny bird,

When shall I marry me?"

—"When six braw [^[184]] gentlemen

Kirkward shall carry ye."

"Who makes the bridal bed,

Birdie, say truly?"

"The gray-headed sexton

That delves the grave duly.

"The glow-worm o'er grave and stone

Shall light thee steady;

The owl from the steeple sing

Welcome, proud lady."

[184] Brave, fine.