As I cam in by Athol’s yetts,
I heard a fair maid singing.
1^2. And I wat it weel does set me.
3^2. ye’ll _omitted_. 3^3. drink the lass’ health.
3^4. That’s coming to pay the. (_This stanza occurs in
Motherwell’s Note-Book,_ p. 46, _where it is credited to a MS._)
_After 3_:
He hied him doun to yon change-house,
And he drank till the day was dawing,
And at ilka pint’s end he drank the lass’ health
That was coming to pay for his lawing.
4^1. and aye.
6^2. see gin she war.
6^3. There he saw the duke and a’ his merry men.
6^4. the hill. 7^1. doun _omitted_.
7^3. She buskit: woman’s.
8^2. they war calling.
8^3. Had ye a young man here yestreen.
_After 8_:
‘He drank but ae pint, and he paid it or he went,
And ye’ve na mair to do wi the lawing.’
They searchit the house a’ round and round,
And they spared na the curtains to tear them,
While the landlady stood upo the stair-head,
Crying, ‘Maid, be busy at your baking!’
They gaed as they cam, and left a’ undone,
And left the bonnie maid at her baking.
#F. b.#
_“Some alterations made from the way it was sung” by the editor’s
maternal grandfather._
4^2. And kindly said, My dearie.
6^3. as you ance had a love for me.
11^4. That were.
12^2. Where shall I gang to hide me.
14^4. Than the.
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