Then I’m in love with another man,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.


“Seven long years he has been on the sea,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;

And Hynd Horn has looked how his ring may be,

And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.

“But when he looked this ring upon,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

The shining diamonds were both pale and wan,