II
An’ he has warn’d her sisters six,
An’ sae has he her brethren se’en,
Outher to watch her a’ the night,
Or else to seek her morn an’ e’en.
III
She hadna been i’ that bigly bower,
Na not a night but barely ane,
Till there was Willie, her ain true love,
Chapp’d[271] at the door, cryin’ ‘Peace within!’
IV
‘O whae is this at my bower door,
That chaps sae late, nor kens the gin[272]?’—
‘O it is Willie, your ain true love,
I pray you rise an’ let me in.’—
V
‘For a’ sae weel as I like ye, Willie,
For a’ sae weel as I ken the gin,
I wadna for ten thousand pounds, love,
Na, no this night wad I let ye in.
VI
‘But in the green-wood is a wake[273],
And at the wake there is a wane[274],
An’ there I’ll come as sune the morn, love,
Na, no a mile but barely ane.