Sall lay doun by my side.

35

‘Had your toung nou, Burd Ellen,

Ye latt yer folly a be;

Dinnë ye mind that ye promised yer love

To him that is ayond the seaa?’

36

‘Hold yer toung, my mother,

Ye speak just leak a fooll;

Tho I wer marred att Martimes,