| Share page | Visit Us On FB |
|
THE ELFIN KNIGHT. 129
" Thou art o'er young a maid," quoth he,
" Married with me, that thou would'st be." n
" I have a sister, younger than I, And she was married yesterday."
" Married with me if thou would'st be, A curtisie thou must do to me.
" It's ye maun mak a sark to me, 15
Without any cut or seam," quoth he;
" And ye maun shape it, knife-, sheerless, And also sew it needle-, threedless."
" If that piece of courtisie I do to thee, Another thou must do to me. 20
" I have an aiker of good ley land, Which lyeth low by yon sea strand;
" It's ye maun till't wi' your touting horn, And ye maun saw't wi' the pepper corn;
" And ye maun harrow't wi' a thorn, 25
And hae your wark done ere the morn ;
" And ye maun shear it wi' your knife, And no lose a stack o't for your life ; vol. 1. 9 |
||