That ca’s me Lamkin?’

‘She’s up in her bower sewing,

But we soon can bring her down.’

12.

12.2 ‘gaire’; i.e. by his knee: see special section of the Introduction.

Then Lamkin’s tane a sharp knife,

That hung down by his gaire,

And he has gi’en the bonny babe

A deep wound and a sair.

13.