it were mair meet that those fine feet
were weel laced up in silken shoon;
an' 'twere more fit that she should sit
within yon chariot gilt aboon,
mally's meek, &c.
her yellow hair, beyondpare,
 es trinklin down her swan-like neck,
and her two eyes, like stars in skies,
would keep a sinking ship frae wreck,
mally's meek, &c.