I ill ha ye back as I brought ye hear,
For I canna bear yer morning.’
10
‘O had yer toung, my dearest dear,
I will gae throu the warld baith far an near,
Becaus ye’r a bonny ladie.’
11
They gad on, an forder on,
Till they came to his father’s haa,
An he knoked ther fue loudly.