Skene MS., p. 58; taken down in the North of Scotland, 1802–3.
1
The Earl of Aboyne he’s careless an kin,
An he is new come frae London;
He sent his man him before,
To tell o his hame-comin.
2
First she called on her chamberline,
Sin on Jeanie, her gentlewoman:
‘Bring me a glass o the best claret win,