There were twa sisters sat in a bowr;
Binnorie, O Binnorie:
There came a knight to be their wooer
By the bonny mill-dams of Binnorie.
He courted the eldest wi' glove an ring,
But he lov'd the youngest above a' thing.[196]
He courted the eldest wi' brotch an knife,
But lov'd the youngest as his life.
The eldest she was vexed sair,
An' much envi'd her sister fair.