To me were sister and brother."—

"If the Earl of Wemyss was your father,

I wot sae was he mine;

And it shall not be for lack o' gowd,

That ye your love sall tyne.

"For I have seven ships o' mine ain,

A' loaded to the brim;

And I will gie them a' to thee,

Wi' four to thine eldest son.

But thanks to a the powers in heaven