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,