[198] Yarrow =? Jarrow.
[21. Brown Robyn’s Confession]
I
It fell upon a Wadensday
Brown Robyn’s men went to sea;
But they saw neither moon nor sun
Nor starlight wi’ their e’e.
II
‘We’ll cast kevels[199] us amang;
See wha the man may be.’—
The kevel fell on Brown Robyn,
The master-man was he.
III
‘It is nae wonder,’ said Brown Robyn,
‘Altho’ I dinna thrive;
[For at hame I murder’d my ain father—
I would he were on live.]