When she cawd out her father’s ky,

There was a troop of gentlemen

Came merrily riding by.

14

‘Weel may ye sigh and sob,’ says ane,

‘Weel may you sigh and see;

Weel may you sigh, and say, fair maid,

Wha’s gotten this bairn wi thee?’

15

She turned her sel then quickly about,