Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 102.
| 1 |
She's gane down to her father's stable,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
She's taen out a black steed baith sturdy and able,
And she's away to fair Scotland. |
| 2 |
When they came to Scotland bridge,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
'Light off, you whore, from my black steed,
And go your ways back to Northumberland.' |
| 3 |
'O take me by the body so meek,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
And throw me in the water so deep,
For I daurna gae back to Northumberland.' |
| 4 |
'I'll no take thee by the body so meek,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
Nor throw thee in the water so deep;
Thou may go thy ways back to Northumberland.' |
| 5 |
'Take me by the body so small,
O my dear, and my love that she wan
And throw me in yon bonny mill-dam,
For I daurna gae back to Northumberland.' |
