But now we are wed, and in ae bed laid,
And ye maun be content wi me.
‘For an I war dead, and ye war dead,
And baith in ae grave laid,
And ye and I war tane up again,
Wha could distan your mouls frae mine?’
O is added to the second and fourth lines except when the rhyme is in two syllables, as in 1.
B.
Title. The Laird o Doune. So written twice: at p. 75 by anticipation, again at p. 78.
14. daighterie (i undotted): daghter he?