2

She was the lass o Balathy toun,

And he the butler o Stobhall,

And mony a time she wauked late

To bore the coble o Cargill.

3

His bed was made in Kercock ha,

Of gude clean sheets and of [the] hay;

He wudna rest ae nicht therein,

But on the prude waters he wud gae.