Gin ye wadna angry be:’

‘Speak on, speak on, my little wee boy,

Ye’se nae be quarrell’d by me.’

21.

21.4 ‘my lane,’ by myself. Cp. 26.4.

‘As we came frae the hynd-hunting,

We heard fine music ring:’

‘My blessings on you, my bonny boy,

I wish I’d been there my lane.’

22.