4.1 ‘borrow,’ ransom.
‘O gin a lady woud borrow me,
At her stirrup-foot I woud rin;
Or gin a widow wad borrow me,
I woud swear to be her son.
5.
‘Or gin a virgin woud borrow me,
I woud wed her wi’ a ring;
I’d gi’ her ha’s, I’d gie her bowers,
The bonny tow’rs o’ Linne.’