17

‘Gif ye wad swear by the sun,’ said he,

‘And the moon, till ye wad deave me,

Ay and tho ye wad take a far bigger aith,

My dear, I wadna believe ye.

18

‘I’ll tak ye hame, and the gypsies I’ll hang,

Ay, I’ll make them girn in a wuddie,

And afterwards I’ll burn Jockie Faw,

Wha fashed himself wi my fair lady.