14
'For I hae a brother in this wood.
And gin ye kill me, it's he'll kill thee.'
15
'What's thy brother's name? come tell to me.'
'My brother's name is Baby Lon.'
16
'O sister, sister, what have I done!
O have I done this ill to thee!
17
'O since I've done this evil deed,
Good sall never be seen o me.'
18
He's taken out his wee pen-knife,
And he's twyned himsel o his ain sweet life.
B.
a. Herd's MSS, I, 38, II, 76. b. The Scots Magazine, Oct., 1803, p. 699, communicated by Jamieson, and evidently from Herd's copy.
1
There wond three ladies in a bower,
Annet and Margret and Marjorie
And they have gane out to pu a flower.
And the dew it lyes on the wood, gay ladie
2
They had nae pu'd a flower but ane,
When up has started a banished man.
3
He has taen the eldest by the hand,
He has turned her about and bade her stand.