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I
FAIR Margret was a proud ladye, | |
| The King’s cousin was she; | |
| Fair Margret was a rich ladye, | |
| An’ vain as vain cou’d be. | |
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II
Ae night she sat in her stately ha’ | 5 |
| Kaimin’ her yellow hair, | |
| When in there cam’ a gentle Knight, | |
| An’ a white scarf he did wear. | |
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III
‘O what ’s your will wi’ me, Sir Knight? | |
| O what’s your will wi’ me? | 10 |
| You’re the likest to my ae brither | |
| That ever I did see. | |
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IV
‘You’re the likest to my ae brither | |
| That ever I hae seen; | |
| But he’s buried in Dunfermline kirk | 15 |
| A month an’ mair bygane.’— | |
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V
‘I’m the likest to your ae brither | |
| That ever ye did see; | |
| But I canna get rest in my grave, | |
| A’ for the pride o’ thee. | 20 |
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VI
‘Leave pride, Margret, leave pride, Margret, | |
| Leave pride an’ vanity; | |
| Cou’d ye see the sights that I hae seen | |
| Sair warnèd ye wou’d be. | |
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VII
‘For the wee worms are my bedfellows, | 25 |
| An’ cauld clay is my sheets, | |
| An’ when the stormy winds do blow | |
| My body lies and sleeps. | |
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VIII
‘O ye come in at the kirk-door | |
| Wi’ the red gowd on your crown; | 30 |
| But when you come where I have been. | |
| You’ll wear it laigher down. | |
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IX
‘O ye come in at the kirk-door | |
| Wi’ the gowd prins i’ your sleeve, | |
| But when you come where I have been | 35 |
| Ye maun gie them a’ their leave. | |
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X
‘Leave pride, Margret, leave pride, Margret, | |
| Leave pride an’ vanity; | |
| Ere ye see the sights that I hae seen, | |
| Sair alter’d ye maun be.’ | 40 |
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XI
He got her in her stately ha’, | |
| Kaimin’ her yellow hair; | |
| He left her on her sick, sick bed | |
| Mournin’ her sins sae sair. | |
| | | GLOSS: laigher] lower. prins] pins. |
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