Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 14, from Mr. W. Steels, Greenock.
| 1 |
* * * *
'O where's the men of this house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'They're in the barn threshing,'
quo the false nurse within. |
| 2 |
'O where's the women of the house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'They're at the well washing,'
quo the false nurse within. |
| 3 |
'O where's the lord of this house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'He's in the wood hunting,'
quo the false nurse within. |
| 4 |
'O where's the lady of the house?'
quo the Lamkin:
'She's in her bower dressing,'
quo the false nurse within.
* * * * * |
| 5 |
'O please my babie, nourrice,
O please him with the keys:'
'He'll no be pleased, madam,
let me do what I please.' |
| 6 |
'O please my babie, nourrice,
O please him with the bell:'
'He'll no be pleased, madam,
till ye come down yoursell.'
* * * * * |
| 7 |
There was blood in the chaumer,
and blood in the ha,
And blood in his ladie's room,
which he liked warst of a'.
* * * * * |
