Was laigh down in Borthick water.
3
‘What tidings, what tidings, my bonny guide?’
‘Nae tidings, nae tidings I hae to thee;
But if ye’ll gae to the Fair Dodhead
Mony a cow’s calf I’ll let ye see.’
4
When they came to the Fair Dodhead,
Right hastily they clam the peel,
They loosd the nolt out, ane and a’,