And knelt upon his knee.
"O rede, O rede, mither," he says,
"A gude rede gie to me:
O sail I tak the nut-brown bride,
And let fair Annet be?"
"The nut-brown bride haes gowd and gear,
Fair Annet she has gat nane;
And the little beauty fair Annet haes,
O it wull soon be gane."
rede, advice.