D
Kinloch's MSS, VII, 68; apparently from the recitation of Jenny Watson of Lanark, aged seventy-three. Only such portions of this version were preserved as differed considerably from C.
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1 And he was never sae discreet
As bid her loup on and ride,
And she was neer sae meanly bred
As for to bid him bide.
2 And whan she cam to yon water,
It was running like a flude:
'I've learned it in my mither's bouer,
I've learned it for my gude,
That I can soum this wan water
Like a fish in a flude.
3 'I've learned it in my father's bouer,
I've learned it for my better,
And I will soum this wan water
As tho I was ane otter.'
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4 'Gude day, gude day, my liege the king,
Gude day, gude day, to thee;'
'Gude day,' quo he, 'my lady fair,
What want ye wi me?'
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5 'Gin he be a single man,
His bodie I'll gie thee;
But gin he be a married man,
I'll hang him on a tree.'