Ancient Scottish ballads, recovered from tradition, and never before ...

.54
" At evening when ye sit,
And when ye drink the wine ?
See that ye fill the glass well up
To the laird o' Wariestoun.
So, at table as they sat,
And when they drank the wine,
She made the glass aft gae round,
To the Laird o' Wariestoun.
The nurice,* she knet the knot.
And O! she knet it sicker ;f
The ladie did gie it a twig, J
Till it began to wicker.
But word has gane doun to Leith,
And up to Embro toun;
That the lady she has slain the laird,
The laird o' Wariestoun.
Nurice-—nurse, t Sicker—secure, f Twig—twitch.
Wicker— to twist, from being two tightly drawn.
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