P. 454. ‘Lord Beichim,’ Findlay’s MSS, I, 1, from Jeanie Meldrum, Framedrum, Forfarshire, has these verses, found in G and in Spanish and Italian ballads.
(“She meets a shepherd and addresses him.”)
‘Whas are a’thae flocks o sheep?
And whas are a’thae droves o kye?
And whas are a’thae statelie mansions,
That are in the way that I passd bye?’
‘O these are a’Lord Beichim’s sheep,
And these are a’Lord Beichim’s kye,
And these are a’Lord Beichim’s castles,
That are in the way that ye passd bye.’