And wait on Sir Gideon’s dame;
And tho’ ye have refused poor Meg,
Her prayers will be the same.”
“Why has Dame Murray sent thee here?”—
“She has a woman’s heart.
Ye have a mother and sisters twain,
From whom full soon ye part.
“If ye have anything to say,
Ye would have carried there,
I swear by all that’s good on earth,