Roberto, this is how it sounds to me:- My mither was an ill woman At fifteen years she married me I hadna wit to guide a man Alas! ill fortune guided me O Warriston, O Warriston I wish that ye may sink for sin! I was but bare fifteen years auld When first I cam your yetts within I hadna been a month a bride When my guid lord gaed tae the sea I bore a bairn ere he cam hame And sat it on the nurse's knee Then it fell oot upon a day That my guid lord cam fae the sea I dressed mysel' in rich attire As blythe as ony bird in tree I took my young son in my airms My Lord he hailed me courteoslie: I'm blythe to see ye, my dear lass But wha's is that bairn at your knee? She turnd hersel' richt roond aboot O why think ye sae ill o me? Ye ken I was ower young a bride To ken ony ither man but thee Ye lee, ye lee, my lady gay And black's the tongue that spak the lee I never got you with the bairn While I was sailing on the sea O Warriston, ye acted ill Tae lift your hand tae your ain lady He struck her till the blood ran doon And cursed his bairn maist bitterly Sair she grat as she gaed hame And O the sault tear blint her ee Her faither's Jock ill counselled her It was to gar her lord tae dee The nurse she took the deed in hand And ill I wat her fee she won She cast the knot and drew the noose That killed the Laird o' Warriston Word has gane through bower and ha And word has gane to Edinborough toon That the lassie's killed her ain dear Lord Aye, killed the Laird o' Warriston O tie my kirchie roond my face Let no the sun upon it shine And tak me tae yon heiding hill Strike aff this dowie heid o mine They're taen her oot when nicht did fall Nor sun nor moon on her did shine They've taen her tae yon heiding-hill And heided her baith neat and fine O Warriston, O Warriston Wi yer gear an' gowd an' pride an' a' Ye bear the weight o' your ain daith And your bonnie lady's cruel doonfall Hope this is of some help.
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