As I came in yon bonny burn-side,
And down below the bloom sae bonny,
There I espied a handsome lad,
Wi ribbons on his shoulders mony.
(Cf. A 2.)
23,4. Here’s a letter frae the Earl o Wemyss, That he’s in suit o thee, madam.
11.
Out it speaks her mother then;
O daughter, may not you be sorry
To gang alang wi a servant-man,