Light doon and bide wi’ us a’ night, We’ll choose ye a bonnie lass; Ye’ll get your wull and pick o’ them a’, And the time it soon wull pass. Which ane will ye choose, If I with you will bide? The fairest and rarest In a’ the kintra side. A girl’s name was then mentioned. If the lad was pleased with the choice made, he replied— I’ll set her up on a bonnie pear-tree, It’s tall and straight, and sae is she; I’d keep wauken a’ night her love to be. If he was not pleased, he replied in one or other of the next three verses— I’ll set her up ayont the dike, She’ll be rotten ere I be ripe, The corbies her auld banes wull pike. I’ll set her up on a high crab-tree, It’s sour and dour, and so is she; She may gang to the mools unkissed by me. Though she be good and fair to see, She’s for another, and no for me; But I thank you for your courtesie. When a girl took the place of the lad, she replied in one or other of the three following, according as she was angry or pleased— I’ll put him in a riddle And riddle him o’er the sea, And sell to Johnny Groat’s For a Scotch bawbee. I’ll set him up on my lum-head [chimney], And blaw him up wi’ pouther and lead; He’ll never be kissed though he be dead. I’ll set him up at my table head, Feed him wi’ sweet milk and bread, If he likes gang hame on his fine steed. —Biggar (Wm. Ballantyne). (_b_) In Biggar, all the players were seated round the hearthstone, lads on one side, lassies the other; one lad rising up said the first verse, then one acting as “maister” said the next verse. The young man then said the next two lines, to which the other replied in the two following, and naming at the close any girl he thought would be acceptable. If the lad was pleased he sang the next verse. If he was not pleased with the girl offered him he replied in either of the three following verses. The first of the three was generally said if the girl was thought to be too old; if bad-tempered, the second. If the lad found no fault, but wished to politely refuse, he sang the last verse. The girl then was asked in her turn, and the same formula gone through, she saying either of the three last verses given. Forfeits were demanded for every refusal, and were cried at the end of the game.