And my tother ane I’ll ne’er see.’

Anon.

LXXVII
THE TWA SISTERS.

There were twa sisters lived in a bouir;

Binnorie, O Binnorie;

The youngest o’ them, oh, she was a flouir!

By the bonnie mill-dams o’ Binnorie.

There came a squire frae the west; 5

He lo’ed them baith, but the youngest best;

He gied the eldest a gay gowd ring;