Set fire to the house, quo' fals Gordòn,
All wood wi' dule[661] and ire:
Fals lady, ye sail rue this deid,
As ye bren in the fire.
Wae worth,[662] wae worth ye, Jock my man,65
I paid ye weil your fee;
Quhy pu' ye out the ground-wa' stane.[663]
Lets in the reek[664] to me?
And ein[665] wae worth ye, Jock my man,
I paid ye weil your hire;70
Quhy pu' ye out the ground-wa stane,
To me lets in the fire?
Ye paid me weil my hire, lady;
Ye paid me weil my fee:
But now I'm Edom o' Gordons man,75
Maun either doe or die.
O than bespaik hir little son,
Sate on the nurses knee:
Sayes, Mither deare, gi' owre this house,
For the reek it smithers me.80
I wad gie a' my gowd,[666] my childe,
Sae wald I a' my fee,
For ane blast o' the western wind,
To blaw the reek frae thee.
O then bespaik hir dochter dear,85
She was baith jimp[667] and sma:
O row[668] me in a pair o' sheits,
And tow me[669] owre the wa.
They rowd hir in a pair o' sheits,
And towd hir owre the wa:90
But on the point of Gordons spear,
She gat a deadly fa.
O bonnie bonnie was hir mouth,
And cherry were hir cheiks,
And clear clear was hir yellow hair,95
Whereon the reid bluid dreips.
Then wi' his spear he turnd hir owre,
O gin hir face was wan![670]
He sayd, ye are the first that eir
I wisht alive again.100