Gin ye had spared the sweet baby’s life,

It might hae been an honour to thee.’

5

She wadna put on her gowns o black,

Nor yet wad she o brown,

But she wad put on her gowns o gowd,

To glance through Embro town.

6

‘Come saddle not to me the black,’ she says,

‘Nor yet to me the brown,