BABYLON; OR THE BONNIE BANKS O' FORDIE

1. There were three ladies lived in a bower,

Eh vow bonnie,

And they went out to pull a flower

On the bonnie banks o' Fordie.

2. They hadna pu'ed a flower but ane,

When up started to them a banisht man.

3. He's ta'en the first sister by her hand,

And he's turned her round and made her stand.

4. "It's whether will ye be a rank robber's wife,