[114] jimp = slim, slender.
[12. Alison Gross]
I
O Alison Gross, that lives in yon tow’r,
The ugliest witch i’ the north countrie,
Has trysted[115] me ae day up till her bow’r
And mony fair speeches she made to me.
II
She straik’d my head an’ she kaim’d my hair,
An’ she set me down saftly on her knee;
Says, ‘Gin ye will be my lemman sae true,
Sae mony braw things as I would you gie!’
III
She show’d me a mantle o’ red scarlét,
Wi’ gouden flowers an’ fringes fine;
Says, ‘Gin ye will be my lemman[116] sae true,
This gudely gift it sall be thine.’—