"I'll put gowd hingers roun' your cage,
And siller roun' your wa';
15 I'll gar ye shine as fair a bird
As ony o' them a'."
But she had nae these words well spoke,
Nor yet these words well said,
Till Cow-me-doo flew frae the tower,
20 And lighted on her head.
Then she has brought this pretty bird
Hame to her bowers and ha';
And made him shine as fair a bird
As ony o' them a'.
25 When day was gane, and night was come,
About the evening tide,
This lady spied a sprightly youth
Stand straight up by her side.
"From whence came ye, young man?" she said,
30 "That does surprise me sair;
My door was bolted right secure;
What way ha'e ye come here?"
"O had your tongue, ye lady fair,
Lat a' your folly be;
35 Mind ye not on your turtle doo
Last day ye brought wi' thee?"
"O tell me mair, young man," she said,
"This does surprise me now;
What country ha'e ye come frae?
40 What pedigree are you?"
"My mither lives on foreign isles,
She has nae mair but me;
She is a queen o' wealth and state,
And birth and high degree;