They theekit it o’er wi’ heather;
But the pest cam frae the burrows-town,
And slew them baith thegither.
3.
3.4 i.e. to bask beneath the sun.
They thought to lie in Methven kirk-yard,
Amang their noble kin;
But they maun lye in Stronach haugh,
To biek forenent the sin.
4.