In a manuscript at Abbotsford, entitled Scottish Songs, 1795 (containing pieces dated up to 1806), fol. 69, they stand thus:
False luve, and hae ye played me this,
In simmer amang the flowers?
I shall repay you back agen
In winter amang the showers.
Unless again, again, dear luve,
But if ye turn agen,
As ye look other women to,
Sall I to other men.
Scott has put these verses, a little varied, into Davie Gellatley’s mouth, in the ninth chapter of ‘Waverley.’ The first, with a change, occurs also in ‘The Gardener,’ No 219, A 7, B 15, C 3.