[A composite volume : containing The ballads and songs of Ayrshire ...

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SIR ARTHUR AND LADY ANNE.
" Dunellie, he has dochters fire,
An' some o'
them are fah'
Sae, how will 1 ken thy true love
Amang sae mony there "
" Ye'll ken her by the stately step,
As she gaes up the ha'
Ye'll ken her by the look o' love
That peers outowre them a'
" Ye'll ken her by the braid o' goud
That spreads o'er her e'e-bree
Ye'll ken her by the red, red cheek,
Wlien ye name the name o' me.
" That cheek should lain on this breast-bane-
That hame should been my ha'
Our tree is bow'd, our flow'r is dow'd
Sir Arthui''s an outlaw."
He sigh'd and turn'd him right about,
Wliere the sea lay braid and wide ;
It's no to see his bonnie boat,
But a wat'ry cheek to hide.
The page has dofF'd his feather'd cap,
But an' his raven hair
An' out there came the yellow locks,
Like swirls o' the gouden wair.
Syne he's undone his doublet clasp
'Twas o' the grass green hue
An', like a lily frae the pod,
A lady burst in view.
" Tell out thy errand now, Sir Knight,
Wi' thy love tokens a'
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