‘Ten bonny sons I have born unto him,
And the eleventh neer saw his daddy;
Although I had an hundred more,
I would give them all to Prince Charly.’
58 c. This is one of the pieces contained in “The Old Lady’s Collection,” No 1. The differences from Skene (save spelling) are as follows:
31. ore castell-waa.
33. an his three hundred men.
41,2. Come doun the stare, Lady Airly, he says, an kiss me fairly.
44. Altho ye live no.