Kinloch MSS, VII, 153; from the recitation of Miss M. Kinnear, August 23, 1826, a North Country version.

1

The lassie sang sae loud, sae loud,

The lassie sang sae shill;

The lassie sang, and the greenwud rang,

At the farther side o yon hill.

2

Bye there cam a troop o merry gentlemen,

They aw rode merry bye;

The very first and the foremaist