Sae my true-love did lightly me.

3.

O waly, waly! but love be bonny

A little time, while it is new;

But when it is auld, it waxeth cauld,

And fades away like morning dew.

4.

O wherefore shoud I busk my head?

Or wherefore shoud I kame my hair?

For my true-love has me forsook,