[251] syke = marsh.

[252] sheugh = trench.

[253] channerin’ = fretting.


[33. A Lyke-Wake Dirge]

I

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,
Every nighte and alle,
Fire and fleet[254] and candle-lighte,
And Christe receive thy saule.

II

When thou from hence away art past,
Every nighte and alle,
To Whinny-muir thou com’st at last:
And Christe receive thy saule.

III