37 'And I will burn, for my love's sake,
The whole o a' her kin;
And I will burn, for my love's sake,
Thro Linkum and thro Lin.
38 'And mony a bed will I make toom,
And bower will I make thin;
And mony a babe shall thole the fire,
For I may enter in.'
39 Great meen was made for Lady Maisry,
On that hill whare she was slain;
But mair was for her ain true-love,
On the fields for he ran brain.
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a. Motherwell's MS., p. 235; Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. 221. b. Motherwell's MS., p. 179, from Mrs Thomson, of Kilbarchan. c. Motherwell's MS., p. 181, from Mrs McLean, of Glasgow.
1 There lived a lady in Scotland,
Hey my love and ho my joy
There lived a lady in Scotland,
Who dearly loved me
There lived a lady in Scotland,
An she's fa'n in love wi an Englishman.
And bonnie Susie Cleland is to be burnt in Dundee
2 The father unto the daughter came,
Who dearly loved me
Saying, Will you forsake that Englishman?
3 'If you will not that Englishman forsake,
Who dearly loved me
O I will burn you at a stake.'
4 'I will not that Englishman forsake,
Who dearly loved me
Tho you should burn me at a stake.
5 'O where will I get a pretty little boy,
Who dearly loves me
Who will carry tidings to my joy?'