Then she took out a razor That was both sharp and fine, And out of her left side she has taken The heir of Wallington. XXXIII There is a race in Wallington, And that I rue full sare; Tho’ the cradle it be full spread up, The bride-bed is left bare. FOOTNOTES: [509] lair = lying-in. [510] gate = way. [511] lake-wake = lyke-wake, corpse-watching. [512] scope = bandage, gag. [513] wyte = blame, cause of trouble. _82. Young Waters_ I About Yule, when the wind blew cule, And the round tables began, O there is come to our King’s court Mony a well-favor’d man. II The Queen luikt owre the castle-wa’ Beheld baith dale and down, And there she saw Young Waters Come riding to the town. III His footmen they did rin before, His horsemen rade behind; Ane mantel of the burning gowd Did keip him frae the wind. IV Gowden-graith’d[514] his horse before, And siller-shod behind; The horse Young Waters rade upon Was fleeter than the wind. V Out then spak’ a wylie lord, Unto the Queen said he: ‘O tell me wha’s the fairest face Rides in the company?’-- VI ‘I’ve sene lord, and I’ve sene laird, And knights of high degree, Bot a fairer face than Young Waters’ Mine eyne did never see.’ VII Out then spake the jealous King, And an angry man was he: ‘O if he had bin twice as fair, You micht have excepted me.’ VIII ‘You’re neither laird nor lord,’ she says, ‘But the King that wears the crown; There is not a knight in fair Scotland But to thee maun bow down.’ IX For a’ that she cou’d do or say, Appeas’d he wad nae bee, But for the words which she had said, Young Waters he maun dee. X They hae ta’en Young Waters, And put fetters to his feet; They hae ta’en Young Waters, and Thrown him in dungeon deep. XI ‘Aft have I ridden thro’ Stirling town, In the wind but and the weet; But I neir rade thro’ Stirling town Wi’ fetters at my feet. XII ‘Aft have I ridden thro’ Stirling town, In the wind but and the rain; But I neir rade thro’ Stirling town Neir to return again.’ XIII They hae ta’en to the heiding-hill[515] His young son in his craddle; And they hae ta’en to the heiding-hill His horse but and his saddle. XIV They hae ta’en to the heiding-hill His lady fair to see; And for the words the Queen had spoke Young Waters he did dee. FOOTNOTES: [514] graith’d = harnessed. [515] heiding-hill = beheading mound. _83. The Queen’s Marie_ I Marie Hamilton’s to the kirk gane, Wi’ ribbons in her hair; The King thought mair o’ Marie Hamilton Than ony that were there. II