II
‘My love he built another ship, and set her on the main,
And nane but twenty mariners for to bring her hame;
But the weary wind began to rise, and the sea began to rout,
My love then and his bonny ship turn’d withershins[1299] about.
III
‘Then shall neither coif come on my head nor comb come in my hair;
Then shall neither coal nor candle-light shine in my bower mair;
Nor will I love another one until the day I die,
Sin’ the Lowlands o’ Holland has twin’d my love and me.’—
IV
‘O haud your tongue, my daughter dear, be still and be content;
There are mair lads in Galloway, ye neen nae sair lament.’—
‘O there is none in Gallow, there’s none at a’ for me,
For I never loved a love but one, and he’s drown’d in the sea.’
FOOTNOTES:
[1298] twin’d = parted.
[1299] withershins = around against the sun.