Frae the flow’r o’ a’ his kin;
An’ he’s biggit a bow’r i’ the good green wood
Betwen his lady an’ him.
5.
5.2 ‘thought lang,’ thought (it) tedious; i.e. was bored. Cp. Young Bekie, 16.4, etc.; Johney Scot, 6.2, and elsewhere.
O it fell once upon a day
Brown Adam he thought lang,
An’ he woud to the green wood gang,
To hunt some venison.
6.