And merrily leugh the mermaiden,
‘O win on till you be dead.
8.
8.2 ‘gare,’ strip. See First Series, Introduction, p. 1.
8.3 ‘Row,’ roll, bind.
‘But out ye tak your little pen-knife,
And frae my sark ye shear a gare;
Row that about your lovely head,
And the pain ye’ll never feel nae mair.’
9.