[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.