‘We cast the kevils[78] us amang
To see which suld to the grene-wood gang.
XLV
‘Ohone, alas! for I was the youngest,
And aye my weird it was the hardest.
XLVI
‘The kevil it did on me fa’,
Which was the cause of a’ my wae.
XLVII
‘For to the grene-wood I must gae,
To pu’ the red rose and the slae;
XLVIII
‘To pu’ the red rose and the thyme
To deck my mother’s bour and mine.