25 'O will I kill her, nursy,
or let her abee?'
'O kill her,' said the false nurse,
'she was never good to me.'
* * * * *
26 'I wish my wife and family
may be all well at home;
For the silver buttons of my coat
they will not stay on.'
27 As Betsy was looking
oer her window so high,
She saw her dear father
come riding by.
28 'O father, dear father,
don't put the blame on me
It was false nurse and Rankin
that killed your lady.'
29 O was n't that an awful sight,
when he came to the stair,
To see his fairest lady
lie bleeding there!
30 The false nurse was burnt
on the mountain hill-head,
And Rankin was boiled
in a pot full of lead.
E
Kinloch MSS, V, 246, from Mary Barr.
1 Lambkin was as good a mason
as ever laid stone;
He builded Lord Montgomery's castle,
but payment got none.