He skipt the burn and flew to me;
I met him with good-will.
Oh the brume, the bonnie, bonnie brume!
The brume o’ the Cowdenknowes!
I wish I were with my dear swain,
With his pipe and my yowes.”
[323] John McKie, of Bargaly, in the stewardry of Kirkcudbright. His grandson, who bore the same Christian name, was many years M.P. for the stewardry.
[324] Probably Sir Robert Dalzell, first Earl of Carnwath.
[325] John, eighth Viscount Kenmure.
[326] Mrs. Dunbar, of Mackermore, whose estate in the parish of Monnigaff, Kirkcudbrightshire, bordered that of Mr. Heron of Heron.