"Unto the grenewood I did gang,
And pu'd the nuts as they down hang.
"I hadna stay'd an hour but ane,
80 Till I met wi' a highlan' groom.
"He keeped me sae late and lang,
Till the evening set, and birds they sang.
"He gae to me at our parting,
A chain of gold, and gay gold ring:
85 "And three locks o' his yellow hair:
Bade me keep them for evermair.
"Then for to show I make nae lie,
Look ye my trunk, and ye will see."
Unto the trunk then she did go,
90 To see if that were true or no.
And aye she sought, and aye she flang,
Till these four things came to her hand.
Then she did to her ain son go,
And said, "My son, ye'll let me know.