Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

THE SCOTTISH BORDER. 69
" Sum meat, sum meat, ye King Hem-ie
" Sum meat ye gie to me !"
*' And what meat"'s in this house, ladye,
" That yeVe na wellcum tee ?'' *
*' O ye''se gae kill your berry-brown steed,
" And serve him up to me."
O when he kill'd his berry-brown steed.
Wow gin his heart was sair !
She eat him a' up, skin and bane.
Left naething but hide and hair.
" Mair meat, mair meat, ye King Henrie !
" Mair meat ye gie to me !"
*' And what meat's i' this house, ladye,
" That ye're na wellcum tee ?"
" O ye do slay yovir gude gray houndes,
" And bring them a"" to me."
O when he slew his gude gray houndes,
Wow but his heart was sair !
She"'s ate them ja' up, ane by ane,
Left naething but hide and hair.
* Tec, for to, is the Biichanshire and Gallovidian pronunciation.
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