Minstrelsy of the Scottish border - National Library of Scotland

70 MINSTRELSY OF
" Mair meat, mair meat, ye King Henrie !
" Mair meat ye gie to me !"
" And what meafs i"" this house, ladye,
« That I hae left to gie ?"
" O ye do fell your gay goss-hawks,
" And bring them a"' to me."
O when he fcird his gay goss-hawks,
Wow but his heart was sair !
She's ate them a' up, bane by banc,
Left naething but feathers bare.
" Some drink, some drink, ye King Henrie !
" Sum drink ye gie to me !"
" And what drink's in this house, ladye,
'^ That ye're na wellcum tee ?""
" O ye sew up your horse's hide,
" And bring in a drink to me."
O he has sew'd up the bluidy hide,
And put in a pipe of wine ;
She drank it a' up at ae draught.
Left na a drap therein.