Bot lang owre[171] a' the play wer playd,

Thair hats they swam aboone.

O lang, lang may their ladies sit

Wi' thair fans into their hand

Or eir they se Sir Patrick Spence

Cum sailing to the land.

O lang, lang may the ladies stand,

Wi' thair gold kems in their hair,

Waiting for thair ain deir lords,

For they'll se thame no mair.