14

‘There’s neer a clean sark gae on my back,

Nor yet a kame gae in my hair;

There’s neither coal nor candle-licht

Shall shine in my bouir for evir mair.

15

‘At kirk nor market I’se neer be at,

Nor yet a blythe blink in my ee;

There’s neer a ane shall say to anither,

That’s the lassie gard the young man die.