5 She's taen her young son in her arms, Another in her hand, And she's up to the highest tower, To see him come to land. 6 'You're welcome to your house, master, You're welcome to your land; You're welcome with your fair lady, That you lead by the hand.' * * * * * * * 7 And ay she servd the lang tables, With white bread and with wine, And ay she drank the wan water, To had her colour fine. 8 Now he's taen down a silk napkin, Hung on the silver pin, And ay he wipes the tears trickling Adown her cheek and chin. E Jamieson-Brown MS., fol. 20; Jamieson's Popular Ballads, II, 371. 1 'O wha will bake my bridal bread, And brew my bridal ale? Wha will welcome my bright bride, That I bring oer the dale?' 2 'O I will bake your bridal bread, An brew your bridal ale; An I will welcome your bright bride, That you bring oer the dale. 3 'O she that welcomes my bright bride Maun gang like maiden fair; She maun lace her in her green cloathin, An braid her yallow hair.' 4 'O how can I gang maiden like, Whan maiden I am nane? Whan I ha born you seven sons, An am wi bairn again?' 5 The lady stood in her bowr door An lookit oer the lan, An there she saw her ain good lord, Leadin his bride by the han. 6 She's dressd her sons i the scarlet red, Hersel i the dainty green, An tho her cheek lookd pale and wan, She well might ha been a queen. 7 She calld upon her eldest son: 'Look yonder what you see; For yonder comes your father dear, Your step-mother him wi. 8 'O you'r welcome hame, my ain good lord, To your ha's but an your bowrs; You'r welcome hame, my ain good lord, To your castles an your towrs: Sae is your bright bride you beside, She's fairer nor the flowers.' 9 'O whatn a lady's that?' she says, 'That welcoms you an me? If I'm lang lady about this place, Some good I will her dee. She looks sae like my sister Jane, Was stoln i the bowr frae me.' 10 O she has servd the lang tables, Wi the white bread an the wine; But ay she drank the wan water, To keep her colour fine. 11 An she gid by the first table, An leugh amo them a'; But ere she reachd the second table, She let the tears down fa. 12 She's taen a napkin lang an white, An hung't upon a pin; It was to dry her watry eyes, As she went out and in. 13 Whan bells were rung, an mass was sung, An a' man boun to bed, The bride but an the bonny bridegroom In ae chamber was laid. 14 She's taen her harp intill her han, To harp this twa asleep; An ay as she harped an she sang, Full sorely did she weep.