So she asked; and he answered:
'I gat na 't by sea, I gat na 't by lan,
But I gat it out of your own han.' D 14.
'I got na 't by sea, I got na 't by land,
Nor got I it aff a drownd man's hand;
'But I got it at my wooing,
And I'll gie it at your wedding.' G 29, 30.
The bride, who had said,
'I'll go through nine fires so hot,
But I'll give him a drink for Young Hynhorn's sake,' B 16,
is no less ready now:
'I'll tak the red gowd frae my head,
And follow you and beg my bread.
'I'll tak the red gowd frae my hair,
And follow you for evermair.' H 31, 32.
But Hind Horn let his cloutie cloak fall, G, H, and told her,