Sir Verner began, and he sang such a lay,
That soon in deep slumber Dame Ingeborg lay.
The Dames and the maids fell to sleep and to doze,
Dame Ingeborg sank to a peaceful repose.
Sir Verner he glanced then so cautiously round,
The keys great and small in a nook he has found.
To the door hied Sir Verner as fast as he might,
He forgot to bid Dame Ingeborg a good-night.
When out of the castle himself he perceived,
His voice in a ditty again he upheaved.
Sir Verner he waved up his hat with delight:
“Dame Ingeborg bid ye a very good night!
“And hear thou, Sir Warden, who stand’st on thy watch,
Of my ditty the burden I pray thee to catch.
“She’d this e’en not have taken a bushel of gold,
Now no penny for me shall she ever behold.”
So fast to the door went Sir Verner the knight,
He forgot to bid Damsel or Lady good-night.