16
By cam her father's harper, and he was fine,
And he made a harp o her bonny breast-bone.
17
When they came to her father's court,
The harp [and fiddle these words] spoke:
18
'O God bless my father the king,
And I wish the same to my mother the queen.
19
'My sister Jane she tumbled me in,
. . . . . . .
* * * * *
I.
Kinloch MSS, V, 425. From the recitation of M. Kinnear, 23d August, 1826.
1
There war twa sisters lived in a bouer,
Binnorie and Binnorie
There cam a squire to court them baith.
At the bonnie mill-streams o Binnorie
2
He courted the eldest with jewels and rings,
But he lovd the youngest the best of all things.
3
He courted the eldest with a penknife,
He lovd the youngest as dear as his life.