"[I] sent him to the schools, and he wadna learn;

[I] bought him books, and he wadna read;

But my blessing shall he never earn,

Till I see how his arm can defend his head."—

Gude Lord Græme has a reckoning call'd,

A reckoning then called he;

And he paid a crown, and it went roun',

It was all for the gude wine and free.

And he has to the stable gane,