Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 105
" What needs you care foi* your bonny hynd ?
" For it you needna care
" Take you the best, gi'e me the warst,
" Since plenty is to spare."
" I carena for your hynds, my lord ;
" I carena for your fee ;
" But Oh ! and Oh ! for my bonny hynd,
" Beneath the hollin tree f'
O were ye at your sister''s bovver,
" Your sister fair to see.
You'll think nae mair o"" your bonny hynil,
" Beneath the hollin tree."
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