‘At kirk and market where we meet,
We dare nae mair avow
But—“Dame, how does my gay gose-hawk?”
“Madame, how does my dow?”’
25.
25.2 A stock ballad-phrase.
When days were gane, and years come on,
Wise William he thought long;
Out has he ta’en King Honor’s son,
A hunting for to gang.