A little boy to call her,
Come to your dinner, dame;
A little boy to call her
Till seven years are done.’
B.
Written in long lines, without division into stanzas; carelessly and in a bad hand, like other transcripts by Skene. The frequent gaps (of which only one is indicated, 54) make the division here adopted doubtful in some cases.
The burden is given at the end only, and is badly corrupted. 1. the Darton all. 3. Pearting?
74. hir all. Corrupted? hir, or him, at?
101. tour end: see 241–2.
153, 163. Earl.