But atween the kitchen and the ha’
He has let his cloutie[257] cloak down fa’.
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And the red gowd shinèd over him a’,
With a hey lillelu, and a how lo lan;
And the bride frae the bridegroom was stown[258] awa’,
And the birk and the broom blows bonnie.
FOOTNOTES:
[255] laverocks = larks.
[256] weed = clothes.
[257] cloutie = full of clouts, patched.
[258] stown = stolen.