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: