She was as sorry as any woman;

She threw a napkin out-oure her face,

Says, Gang kiss your whore at London.

18

‘Ye’ll mount an go, my gallan grooms a’,

Ye’ll mount and back again to London;

Had I known this to be the answer my Meggy’s gein me,

I had stayed some longer at London.’

19

‘Go, Jack, my livery boy,’ she says,