Aye, and an angry woman was shee;

“Ye might have excepted our bonny bride,

And twa or three of our companie.”

“O hold your tongue, thou bride’s mother,

Of all your folly let me be;

She’s ten times fairer nor the bride,

And all that’s in your companie.

“She begs one sheave of your white bread,

But and a cup of your red wine;

And to remember the lady’s love,