Tho’ at kye milking, maidens sing,
The forest’s flower is awa’;
I dinna heed, gae tak’ their fling,
For troth she’s stown awa’ wi’ me.
Heard you the lilting, &c.
[62] Meadowfield, name of a place.
[63] Maids’ Feast of Flotterton is on Twelfth Even.
THE PIPER AT CAPHEATON.
At Christmas, when the wind blew cauld,