‘It’s telld me in my bower, Janet,

It’s telld me in my bed,

That ye’re in love wi Sweet Willie;

But a French lord ye maun wed.’

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‘In it be telld ye in yer bower, father,

In it be telld ye in your bed,

That me an Willie bears a love,

Yet a French lord I maun wed,

But here I mak a leel, leel vow