34 'O mind not ye, ye gay lady,
Sin last I was in bower wi thee,
That in it came your seven brethren,
The youngest gart me sairly dree?'
Then sighd and said the gay lady,
'Sae true a tale as ye tell me.'
35 Sae painfully she clam the wa,
She clam the wa up after him;
'T was not for want of stockings nor sheen,
But hadna time to put them on;
And in the midst o gude greenwood,
'T was there she lost the sight o him.
36 The lady sat, and mourning there,
Until she coudna weep nae mair;
At length the cloks and wanton flies
They biggit in her yellow hair.
37 'O had your peace, my dearest dear,
For I am come to mak you wise;
Or this night nine nights come and gang,
We baith shall be in Paradise.'
A b, B b, Herd II, seem to be revisions, and to possess no authority.
A. a.
31. For an.
42. gin has been altered to pin, according to a marginal suggestion, and pin stands at 72 in my copy.