And sport ye wi’ your merrymen a’;

30.

‘And I will to the secret bour,

To see how it fares wi’ your paramour.’

31.

31.1 ‘stark and sture,’ sturdy and strong.

The carline she was stark and sture,

She aff the hinges dang the dure.

32.

‘O is your bairn to laird or loun?