For she heard the water-kelpy roaring.

11

O he has poud aff his dapperpy coat,

The silver buttons glanced bonny;

The waistcoat bursted aff his breast,

He was sae full of melancholy.

12

He has taen the ford at that stream tail;

I wot he swam both strong and steady;

But the stream was broad, and his strength did fail,