That love had been sae ill to win,

I’d locked my heart in a case of gowd, 35

And pinned it with a siller pin.

And oh! if my young babe were born,

And set upon the nurse’s knee,

And I mysel’ were dead and gane,

With the green grass growing over me! 40

Anon.

LXXIV
BURD HELEN.

I wish I were where Helen lies;