Murison MS., p. 105; Old Deer, Aberdeenshire.

1

Three lords sat drinking at the wine

I the bonny braes o Yarrow,

An there cam a dispute them between,

Who was the Flower o Yarrow.

2

‘I’m wedded to your sister dear,

Ye coont nae me your marrow;

I stole her fae her father’s back,