‘To pu’ the red rose and the thyme To deck my mother’s bour and mine. XLIX ‘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: LIV ‘He gae me a carknet[81] o’ bonny beads, And bade me keep it against my needs. LV ‘He gae to me a gay gold ring, And bade me keep it abune a’ thing. LVI ‘He gae to me a little pen-knife, And bade me keep it as my life.’-- LVII ‘What did you wi’ the tokens rare That ye got frae that gallant there?’-- LVIII ‘O bring that coffer here to me, And a’ the tokens ye sall see.’ LIX And aye she sought, and aye she flang[82] Until these four things cam’ to her hand. LX ‘Now stay here, daughter, your bour within, Till I gae parley with my son.’ LXI O she has ta’en her thro’ the ha’, And on her son began to ca’. LXII ‘What did you wi’ that gay gold ring I bade you keep abune a’ thing? LXIII ‘What did you wi’ that little pen-knife I bade you keep while you had life? LXIV ‘What did you wi’ the bonny beads I bade you keep against your needs?’-- LXV ‘I gae them to a ladye gay I met i’ the grene-wood on a day. LXVI ‘But I wad gie a’ my ha’s and tours, I had that bright burd in my bours: LXVII ‘But I wad gie my very life I had that ladye to my wife!’ LXVIII ‘Now keep, my son, your ha’s and tours; Ye have that bright burd in your bours. LXIX ‘And keep, my son, your very life, Ye have that ladye to your wife.’ LXX Now, or a month was come and gane, The ladye bore him a bonny son. LXXI And it was well written on his breast-bane, ‘Cospatrick is my father’s name.’ LXXII _O rowe[83] my ladye in satin and silk, And wash my son in the morning milk!_ FOOTNOTES: [69] bouted = bolted, sifted. [70] paramour = _meaning here uncertain_. [71] pall = fine cloth. [72] yett = gate. [73] into = in. [74] lee = lie. [75] carline = old woman. [76] ban = band, hinge. [77] laird or loun = squire or common fellow. [78] kevils = lots. [79] hende = courteous youth. [80] high-coll’d, laigh-coll’d = high-cut, low-cut. [81] carknet = necklace. [82] flang = flung about, rummaged violently. [83] rowe = roll, wrap. _6. Willy’s Lady_ I Sweet Willy’s ta’en him o’er the faem, He’s woo’d a wife and brought her hame. II He’s woo’d her for her yellow hair, But his mither wrought her mickle care; III