Motherwell's Manuscript, p. 126, from the recitation of Mrs.
Trail, Paisley, July 9, 1825: a song of her mother's.
| 1 |
The king has wrote a long letter,
And sealed it with his han,
And he has sent it to my lord Dunwaters,
To read it if he can. |
| 2 |
The very first line he lookit upon,
It made him to lauch and to smile;
The very next line he lookit upon,
The tear from his eye did fall. |
| 3 |
'As for you, my auldest son,
My houses and my land;
And as for you, my youngest son,
Ten thousand pound in hand. |
| 4 |
'As for you, my gay lady,
You being my wedded wife,
The third of my estate I will leave to you,
For to keep you in a lady's life.'
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