31. wed me: before he goes home.

32. neer hae.

33,4.

‘A son or a daughter, it’s a’ ane to me,

For I’ll cause you marry Saltoun and leave Annachie.’

After 3:

He wed her to Saltoun before he gaed home,

But unto Lord Saltoun she neer had a son;

For, instead of being merry her maidens among,

She gaed to her bower and wept there alone.