And he has till his brother gane:

"Now, brother, rede ye me;

A', sail I marry the nut-brown bride,

And let fair Annet be?"

"The nut-brown bride has oxen, brother,

The nut-brown bride has kye:

I wad hae ye marry the nut-brown bride,

And cast fair Annet by."

"Her oxen may die i' the house, billie,

And her kye into the byre,