The broom o the Cowdenknowes!

And aye sae sair as I rue the day

I met you, milking my ewes.

31

‘And aye as ye spake, ye lifted your hat,

Ye had a merry winking ee;

I ken you well to be the man,

Then kind sir, O pity me!’

32

‘Win up, win up, fair maiden,’ he said,