Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 53
There were twal' and twal' vvi' baken bread,
And twaP and twa? wi' gowd sae reid,
And twal' and twal"* wi' bouted flour,
And twal' and twal' wi' the paramour.
Sweet Willy was a widow's son,
And at her stirrup he did run ;
And she was clad in the finest pall.
But aye she let the tears down fall.
" O is your saddle set awrye ?
" Or rides your steed for you owre high ?
" Or are you mourning, in your tide,
" That you suld be Cospatrick's bride ?"
" I am not mourning, at this tide, '
" That I suld be Cospatrick's bride ;
" But I am sorrowing in my mood,
" That I suld leave my mother good.
'• But, gentle boy, come tell to me,
• What
' The
is the custom of thy countrie .?"
custom thereof, my dame," he says,
' Will ill a gentle lady please.