I lay sick, and very sick,

And I was bad, and like to dee;

. . . . . . .

A friend o mine cam to visit me,

And Blackwood whisperd in my lord’s ear

That he was oure lang in chamber wi me.

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‘O what need I dress up my head,

Nor what need I caim doun my hair,

Whan my gude lord has forsaken me,