Janet has kilted her green kirtle

A little aboon her knee,

And she has braided her yellow hair

A little aboon her bree.

This, it will be observed, is all but the very same description applied to Margaret in the preceding ballad. The narrative goes on:

She had na pu'd a red, red rose,

A rose but barely three,

Till up and starts a wee, wee man

At Lady Janet's knee.

Remember Sir Patrick's voyage: