"And if I be with child, father,
'Twill prove a wondrous birth;
For weel I swear I'm not wi' bairn
80 To any man on earth.
"If my love were an earthly knight,
As he's an elfin grey,
I wadna gie my ain true love
For nae lord that ye hae."
85 She prink'd hersell and prinn'd hersell,
By the ae light of the moon,
And she's away to Carterhaugh,
To speak wi' young Tamlane.
And when she came to Carterhaugh,
90 She gaed beside the well;
And there she saw the steed standing,
But away was himsell.
She hadna pu'd a double rose,
A rose but only twae,
95 When up and started young Tamlane,
Says—"Lady, thou pu's nae mae!
"Why pu' ye the rose, Janet,
Within this garden grene,
And a' to kill the bonny babe,
100 That we got us between?"
"The truth ye'll tell to me, Tamlane;
A word ye mauna lie;
Gin e'er ye was in haly chapel,
Or sained in Christentie?"
105 "The truth I'll tell to thee, Janet,
A word I winna lie;
A knight me got, and a lady me bore,
As well as they did thee.
"Randolph, Earl Murray, was my sire,
110 Dunbar, Earl March, is thine;
We loved when we were children small,
Which yet you well may mind.
"When I was a boy just turn'd of nine,
My uncle sent for me,
115 To hunt, and hawk, and ride with him,
And keep him companie.