"Will ill a gentle lady please.
"Seven king's daughters has our lord wedded,
And seven king's daughters has our lord bedded;
But he's cutted their breasts ' frae their breast-bane,
And sent them mourning hame again.
twal' twelve. bouted, bolted. tide, time.
"Yet, gin you're sure that you're a maid,
Ye may gae safely to his bed;
But gif o' that ye be na sure,
Then hire some damsel o' your bower."—