13^2. What news, what news is in this lan?
19.
Ye’ll ging up to yon high hill,
An ye’ll blaw yer trumpet loud an shrill.
20.
Doun at yon gate ye will enter in,
And at yon stair ye will stan still.
21.
Ye’ll seek meat frae ane, ye’ll seek meat frae twa,
Ye’ll seek meat fra the highest to the lowest o them a’.
22.
But it’s out o their hans an ye will tak nane
Till it comes out o the bride’s ain han.
26^2. Wi the links o the yellow gowd in her hair.
_After 27_: An when she looked the ring upon, O but she grew pale
an wan!
_After 28_: Or got ye it frae ane that is far, far away, To gie
unto me upon my weddin-day?
30. But I got it frae you when I gaed away, To gie unto you on
your weddin-day.
32. It’s I’ll gang wi you for evermore, An beg my bread frae door
to door.
502 a. There can hardly be a doubt that the two stanzas cited belonged
to ‘The Kitchie-Boy,’ ‘Bonny Foot-Boy,’ No 252. Cf. #A# 34, 35, #B# 47,
#D# 7, 8, of that ballad.