Proud Maisie is in the wood, Walking so early;
Sweet Robin sits on the bush, Singing so rarely."Tell me, thou bonny bird, When shall I marry me?""When six braw gentlemen Kirkward shall carry ye.""Who makes the bridal bed, Birdie, say truly?""The gray-headed sexton That delves the grave duly."The glow-worm o'er grave and stone Shall light thee steady;
The owl from the steeple sing, 'Welcome, proud lady.'1.
Sung by the madwoman Madge Wildfire on her deathbed in chapter XL of The Heart of Midlothian (1818).
