'O wha is it but Findlay?'
'Then gae your gate, ye'se nae be here!' [go, way, shall not]
'Indeed maun I,' quo' Findlay. [must]
'What mak ye, sae like a thief?' [do]
'O, come and see,' quo' Findlay;
'Before the morn ye'll work mischief;'
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.

'Gif I rise and let you in--' [If]
'Let me in,' quo' Findlay--
'Ye'll keep me waukin wi' your din;' [awake]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.
'In my bower if ye should stay--'
'Let me stay,' quo' Findlay--,
'I fear ye'll bide till break o' day;'
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.

'Here this night if ye remain--'
'I'll remain,' quo' Findlay--,
'I dread ye'll learn the gate again;' [way]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay,
'What may pass within this bower--'
'Let it pass,' quo' Findlay--
'Ye maun conceal till your last hour;' [must]
'Indeed will I,' quo' Findlay.


WILLIE'S WIFE

Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed,