31
It was written on the child's right hand
That he should be heir of Lord Benwall's land.
32
'Canst cloath my lady in the silk,
And feed my young son with the milk.'
F.
a. Motherwell's MS., p 219. From the recitation of Mrs Thomson, February, 1825. b. Motherwell's Minstrelsy, Appendix, p. xvi, the first stanza only.
1
There were three sisters in a bouir,
Eh down and Oh down
And the youngest o them was the fairest flour.
Eh down and O down
2
And we began our seven years wark,
To sew our brither John a sark.
3
When seven years was come and gane,
There was nae a sleeve in it but ane.
4
But we coost kevils us amang
Wha wud to the green-wood gang.
5
But tho we had coosten neer sae lang,
The lot it fell on me aye to gang.
6
I was the youngest, and I was the fairest,
And alace! my wierd it was aye the sairest.