Then by there came two gentlemen,
At twelve o’clock at night,
And they could neither see house nor hall,
Nor coal nor candle-light.
6.
6.4 ‘For,’ i.e. to prevent: cp. Child Waters, 28.6 (First Series, p. 41).
‘Now whether is this a rich man’s house,
Or whether is it a poor?’
But ne’er a word wad ane o’ them speak,
For barring of the door.