‘Her oxen may dye i’ the house, billie,

And her kye into the byre,

And I sall hae nothing to mysell

Bot a fat fadge by the fyre.’

9.

And he has till his sister gane:

‘Now sister, rede ye mee;

O sall I marrie the nut-browne bride,

And set Fair Annet free?’

10.