A little aboon her knee;
And she has braided her yellow hair,
A little aboon her bree,
And she's awa to Carterhaugh,
As fast as she can hie.
wad, wager, forfeit. bree, brow.
When she came to Carterhaugh,
Tam Lin was at the well;
And there she found his steed standing,
But away was himsel'.