"He harped the hind from the wild-wood home,
He harped the bairn from its mother's womb."
Arwidsson, No. 149.
"Villemand takes his harp in his hand,
He goes down by the water to stand.
"He struck the harp with his hand,
And the fish leapt out upon the strand."
Grundtvig, No. 40.
[17-20]. This stanza is found in the opening of Brown Robin, which commences thus:—
"The king but and his nobles a'
Sat birling at the wine, [bis]
He would hae nane but his ae daughter
To wait on them at dine.
"She served them but, she served them ben,
Intill a gown o' green;
But her e'e was ay on Brown Robin,
That stood low under the rain," &c.
J.
[25-28]. The following stanza occurs in one of the editor's copies of The Gay Gosshawk:—