A rose but barely three;
Till up and starts a wee wee man,
At Lady Janet's knee."
"He's ta'en her by the milk-white hand, amang the leaves sae green,"—and Janet rued her visit. Later, Tamlane tells her how he may be rescued from Fairyland, and the ballad relates Janet's successful venture:
"The night it is good Hallowe'en,
When fairy folk will ride;
And they that wad their true love win
At Miles Cross they maun bide.
"Gloomy, gloomy, was the night,
And eiry was the way,