The lady ran up to her tower head, As fast as she could drie, As soon as he saw the lady fair "Come down to me, ye lady fair! "I winna come down, ye false Gordon! "Gi'e up your house, ye fair lady! “I winna gi’e up, ye false Gordon ! Though you should burn mysel' therein, "Set fire to the house!" quoth false Gordon,— "Sin better mayna be ; And I will burn hersel' therein, Both and her babes three." "And e'en wae worth ye, Jock, my man! I paid ye weel your fee; Why pull ye out my ground wall-stane, "And e'en wae worth ye, Jock, my man! "Ye paid me weel my hire, lady! And now I'm Edom o' Gordon's man, O then bespake her youngest son, "Dear mother! gi'e owre your house!" he says,— "For the reek it worries me." 66 'I winna gi'e up my house, my dear! Come weal, come woe, my jewels fair! O then bespake her daughter dear,- "O roll me in a pair o' sheets, And tow me owre the wall! " They roll'd her in a pair o' sheets, O bonny, bonny, was her mouth, Then with his spear he turn'd her owre,— He said "You are the first that e'er I wish'd alive again." He turn'd her owre, and owre again,— He said "I might hae spared thy life "Busk and boun, my merry men a'! I canna look in that bonny face "Them looks to frights, my master dear! Their frights will follow [hame]; Let it ne'er be said brave Edom o' Gordon Was daunted with a dame!" O then he spied (her ain dear lord He saw his castle in a fire, "Put on! put on, my wighty men! For he that's hindmost of my men And some they rade, and some they ran, Fu' fast out owre the plain; But lang, lang ere he could get up They were a' dead and slain. But mony were the moody men For of fifty men that Edom brought out THE TWA BROTHERS. "O will ye gae to the schule? brother! Or will ye gae to the wood a-wrastling, "It's I winna gae to the schule, brother! But I will gae to the wood a-wrastling, They wrastled up, they wrastled down, Till out and Willie's drawn his sword "O lift me up upon your back, Take me to yon well fair! You'll wash my bluidy wounds owre and owre, And syne they'll bleed nae mair. "And ye'll take aff my holland sark, He's lifted his brother upon his back, Ta'en him to yon well fair; He's wash'd his bluidy wounds owre and owre, But aye they bled mair and mair. And he's ta'en aff his holland sark, He's steeped it in his bluidy wounds, "Ye'll lift me up upon your back, Take me to Kirk-land fair; Ye'll make my grave baith braid and lang, "Ye'll lay my arrows at my head, My sword and buckler at my side, "When ye gae hame to your father, "When ye gae hame to my sister, "When ye gae hame to my true Love, He's gane hame to his father; He speir'd for his son John: And when he gaed hame to his sister, And when he gaed hame to his true Love, It's "I left him into Kirk-land fair,- |