‘It is your brothers Dick and John;
Ye’ll open the door, lat us come in.’
9
‘Awa, awa, my brethren dear,
And ye’ll had far awa frae me;
If ye be found at jail-house door,
I fear like dogs they’ll gar ye die.’
10
‘Ohon, alas! my brother dear,
Is this the hearkning ye gie to me?