‘I hadna pu’d a flower but ane,
When by there came a gallant hende[79],
L
‘Wi’ high-coll’d[80] hose and laigh-coll’d shoon,
And he seem’d to be some Kingis son.
LI
‘And be I a maid, or be I nae,
He kept me there till the close o’ day:
LII
‘And be I a maid or be I nane,
He kept me there till the day was done.
LIII
‘He gae me a lock o’ his yellow hair,
And bade me keep it for ever mair: