I durst na enter the room she was in
But wi hat below my knee.
11–13. Wanting.
APPENDIX
Herd’s MSS, I, 55, II, 187; Herd’s Scottish Songs, 1776, II, 6.
1
‘O my bonie, bonie may,
Will ye not rue upon me?
A sound, sound sleep I’ll never get
I durst na enter the room she was in
But wi hat below my knee.
11–13. Wanting.
Herd’s MSS, I, 55, II, 187; Herd’s Scottish Songs, 1776, II, 6.
1
‘O my bonie, bonie may,
Will ye not rue upon me?
A sound, sound sleep I’ll never get