Then I’ll gie ye Nell o’ sweet Sprinkell,
Owre Galloway she bears the bell.

I’ll set her up in my bed-head,
And feed her wi’ milk and bread;
She’s for nae ither, but jist for me,
Sae I thank ye for your courtesy.

—Mactaggart’s Gallovidian Encyclopædia.

II.

I maun ride hame, I maun gang hame,
And bide nae langer here;
The road is lang, the mirk soon on,
And howlets mak’ me fear.

Light doon and bide wi’ us a’ night,
We’ll choose ye a bonnie lass;
Ye’ll get your wull and pick o’ them a’,
And the time it soon wull pass.

Which ane will ye choose,
If I with you will bide?

The fairest and rarest
In a’ the kintra side.

A girl’s name was then mentioned. If the lad was pleased with the choice made, he replied—

I’ll set her up on a bonnie pear-tree,
It’s tall and straight, and sae is she;
I’d keep wauken a’ night her love to be.