“I hae seven ships upon the sea—
The eighth brought me to land—
With four-and-twenty bold mariners,
And music on every hand.”
She has taken up her two little babes,
Kissd them baith cheek and chin:
“O fair ye weel, my ain two babes,
For I’ll never see you again.”
She set her foot upon the ship,
No mariners could she behold;