"But I wad gie a' my halls and tours,
110 I had that ladye within my bours;
But I wad gie my very life,
I had that ladye to my wife."—
"Now keep, my son, your ha's and tours,
Ye have the bright burd in your bours;
115 And keep, my son, your very life,
Ye have that ladye to your wife."—
Now, or a month was come and gane,
The ladye bare a bonny son;
And 'twas weel written on his breast-bane,
120 "[Cospatrick] is my father's name."
120 "O row my lady in satin and silk,
And wash my son in the morning milk."
[120], Cospatrick, Comes Patricius, was the designation of the Earl of Dunbar, in the days of Wallace and Bruce.—SCOTT.
BOTHWELL.
From Herd's Scottish Songs, (i. 143.)
As Bothwell was walking in the lowlands alane,
Hey down, and a down,
He met six ladies sae gallant and fine,
Hey down, and a down.
5 He cast his lot amang them a',
And on the youngest his lot did fa'.