15
A heavy heart makes a weary way,
She reached her home in the evening gray,
And she, etc.
16
And all as she stood at her father's tower-gate,
More loud beat her heart than her knock thereat,
And she, etc.
17
Down came her step-dame, so rugged and doure,
O why was your love so easily won!
'In Scotland go back to your false paramour,
For you shall not stay here in Northumberland.'
18
Down came her father, he saw her and smiled,
A young maid's love is easily won
'You are not the first that false Scots have beguiled,
And ye're aye welcome back to Northumberland.
19
'You shall not want houses, you shall not want land,
You shall not want gold for to gain a husband,
And ye're aye welcome back to Northumberland.'
[A]. a.
2. Halliwell's Deloney, in the first line of the burden, has leape over, but not elsewhere.
92. in the.
252. Where.