And ilka day her plate was laid,
Bot an a siller spune,
And three times cried oure Errol’s yett,
‘Lady Errol, come and dine.’
Kinloch gives the following as a variant. It is found in Kinloch’s MSS, VII, 95:
Seven years the trencher sat,
And seven years the spune;
Seven years the servant cried,
‘Lady Errol, come and dine.’
Burden, at the end. 3. ye ca. 4. Lady Errol lies her leen.