Francis James Child

“ And he took up his quarters into a landart town.
Fa la la, etc.
He wad neither ly in barn, nor yet wad he in byre,
But in ahint the ha-door, or else afore the fire.
The beggar's bed was made at een wi good clean straw and hay,
And in ahint the ha-door, and there the beggar lay.
raise the goodman's dochter, and for to bar the door,
And there she saw the beggar standin i the floor. ”

“ The beager wadne lay in the barn, nor yett in the bayr,
Bat in ahind the haa-dor, or att the kitchen-fire.
The beager's bed was well [made] of gued clean stray an hay,
. . . . . . . . .
The madin she rose up to bar the dor,
An ther she spayed a naked man, was rinen throu the flour. ”

“ Until he got his turn done, syne he began to crack.
'Is there ony dogs into this town? maiden, tell me true.'
'And what wad ye do wi them, my hinny and my dow?'
'They'll rive a' my mealpocks, and do me meikle wrang.'
'O dool for the doing o't! are ye the poor man?'
Then she took up the mealpocks and flang them oer the wa:
'The d--l gae wi the mealpocks, my maidenhead and a'! ”