THE DOWIE DENS O' YARROW
Late at e'en, drinking the wine,
Or early in the morning,
They set a combat them between,
To fight it in the dawning.
(fail dyke, wall of sods. hals-bane, neck-bone. theek, thatch.)
"O stay at hame, my noble lord,
O stay at hame, my marrow!
My cruel brother will you betray
On the dowie houms of Yarrow.