29 His corpse was laid in the cauld clay, The bells went tinkling thro the town; 'Alas! alas!' said the lady gay, 'That eer I heard that waefu soun!' 30 When she had sitten intill her bower A twalmonth lang and weary day, Even below her bower-window She heard a ghaist to knock an cry. 31 She says, Ye're thief or bauld robber, Or biggin come to burn or brake; Or are you ony masterfu man, That is come seeking ony make? 32 'I am not thief nor bauld robber, Nor bigging come to burn nor brake; Nor am I ony masterfu man, That is come seeking ony make; But I'm Clerk Sandy, your first love, And wants wi you again to speak. 33 'Gin ye're Clerk Sandy, my first love, And wants wi me to speak again, Tell me some o' the love tokens That you and I had last between.' 34 'O mind not ye, ye gay lady, Sin last I was in bower wi thee, That in it came your seven brethren, The youngest gart me sairly dree?' Then sighd and said the gay lady, 'Sae true a tale as ye tell me.' 35 Sae painfully she clam the wa, She clam the wa up after him; 'T was not for want of stockings nor sheen, But hadna time to put them on; And in the midst o gude greenwood, 'T was there she lost the sight o him. 36 The lady sat, and mourning there, Until she coudna weep nae mair; At length the cloks and wanton flies They biggit in her yellow hair. 37 'O had your peace, my dearest dear, For I am come to mak you wise; Or this night nine nights come and gang, We baith shall be in Paradise.' * * * * * #A b#, #B b#, Herd II, _seem to be revisions, and to possess no authority._ #A. a.# 3^1. For an. 4^2. _~gin~ has been altered to ~pin~, according to a marginal suggestion, and ~pin~ stands at 7^2 in my copy._ 6^1. taw. (?) 14^4. _Perhaps we should read_ brand 'll. 15^2. throi. (?) 18^3. and awa. 23^3. his. (?) _After 18^4 is written, but struck out_: O Sandie, ye are the sleepiest man That ever I saw wi mine eeen. _And above the first verse of 19, also struck out:_ Ye hae spoyled my sheets wi sweat, she said. _14^{3, 4} stand thus in the second copy:_ I'se bear the brand into my hand Shall quickly gar Clark Sanders die. _20 is wanting._ _Stanzas 27-41 are transferred to_ 'Sweet William's Ghost.' #B.# _#a# is written in long lines, two to a stanza._ #D.# 2^4. my bower-room ye. #E.# 12. "Recited as here written, but it was not thought to be right." 15^2. And if. 17^3. shall I come. #F.#