Kinloch MSS, I, 337.

1

As I cam in by the Duke of Athole’s gate,

I heard a fair maid singing,

Wi a bonny baby on her knee,

And the bells o the court were ringing.

2

‘O it’s I am the Duke of Athole’s nurse,

And the place does well become me;

But I would gie a’ my half-year’s fee