P. 399 ff. Manuscript of Thomas Wilkie, p. 5, in "Scotch
Ballads, Materials for Border Minstrelsy," No 34. From Mrs.
Hislope, Gattonside. 1813.
| 1 |
The king calld on his merry men all,
By one, by two, and by three;
Lord Thomas should been the foremost man,
But the hindmost man was he. |
| 2 |
As he came tripping down the stairs,
His stockings were of the silk,
His face was like the morning sun,
And his hand as white as milk. |
| 3 |
'No wonder, no wonder, Lord Thomas,' he said,
'Then my daughter she loved thee;
For, if I had been a woman as I am a man,
Tom, I would hae loved thee.' |
