Or me an mi women will them defy.
16
‘Cum forth then, mi maidens, and show them some play;
We’ll ficht them, and shortly the cowards will fly.
17
‘Gin I had a husband, whereas I hae nane,
He woud nae ly i his bed and see his ky taen.
18
‘Ther’s four-and-twenty milk-whit calves, twal o them ky,
In the woods o Glentanner, it’s ther thei a’ ly.