2.4 ‘well-fared may,’ well-favoured maiden.
‘O hearken weel now, my good lord,
O hearken weel to what I say;
When ye gang to the wall o’ Stream,
O gang nae neer the well-fared may.’
3.
‘O haud your tongue, my gay ladie,
Tak nae sic care o’ me;
For I nae saw a fair woman
I like so well as thee.’