They carried him a' airts o wind,
And mickle pain had he;
At last before Lord Weire's gate
They hanged him on the tree.
R.
This second version of Finlay's has been written over. His fourth stanza and his last six owe nothing to tradition. Finlay himself "restored" the name of Balwearie from a recited copy "in preference to that of Sr. Guy, or Gray, which the MS. bears, as it makes the ballad appear more decidedly local."
After 3:
Then up spak fause nourice:
'haste up to the tower,
Somebody knocks at the gate,
bauldly and dowr.'
After 11:
She's lifted her baby,
and kissed cheek and chin,
And his ance rosy lips,
but nae breath was within.
'Fare weel, my sweet baby,
ye've left me alane;
But I see my death coming,
I needna make mane.'
They've taen this fair lady,
and tied her wi bands,
And in her sweet heart's blood
they've dipped their hands.
For Balcanqual and nourice
had vowd her to slae,
Because their ill deeds
made Balwearie their fae.