Sae my true love did lichtly me.

2. O waly, waly, but love be bonnie

A little time while it is new;

But when it’s auld, it waxes cauld,

And fades away like morning dew.

O wherefore should I busk my heid,

Or wherefore should I kame my hair?

For my true love has me forsook,

And says he’ll never love me mair.

3. Now Arthur’s Seat shall be my bed,