26.4 ‘Sned,’ cut, lop.
O whan they cam to yon nettle bush,
The nettles they war spread:
‘O an my mither war but here,’ she says,
‘These nettles she wad sned.’
27.
‘O an I had drank the wan water
Whan I did drink the wine,
That e’er a shepherd’s dochter
Should hae been a love o’ mine!’