"Hold your tongue, my father dear,
And of your scoffing pray let abee;
I would rather hae a kiss of my ain lord's mouth
As all the lords in the north countrie."120
When she came to her father's land,
The tenants a' cam her to see;
Never a word she could speak to them,
[But the buttons aff her clothes did flee.]
"The linnet is a bonnie bird,125
And aften flees far frae its nest;
So all the world may plainly see
They 're far awa that I love best!"
She looked out at her father's window,
To take a view of the countrie;130
Who did she see but Jamie Douglas,
And along with him her children three.
There came a soldier to the gate,
And he did knock right hastilie:
"If Lady Douglas be within,135
Bid her come down and speak to me."
"O come away, my lady fair,
Come away, now, alang with me:
For I have hanged fause Blackwood
At the very place where he told the lie."140
[33], cam.
[124]. See Andrew Lammie, vol. ii. 191.