Francis James Child

“ Now lat Sir Patrick go.
'But I'll cause this knight at church-door stand,
For a' his noble train;
For selling o his precious soul
Dare never come farther ben.'
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ALL young maidens fair and gay,
Whatever your station be,
Never lay your love upon a man
Above your own degree. ”

“ Lay never your love upon a man
Above your ain degree.
Thus I speak by Burd Isbel;
She was a maid sae fair,
She laid her love on Sir Patrick,
She'll rue it for evermair.
And likewise, a' ye sprightly youths,
Of low station or hie,
Lay never your love upon a maid
Below your ain degree.
And thus I speak by Sir Patrick,
Who was a knight sae rare ”