"I have a bower at Buckelsfordbery,
Full daintyly it is [deight;]
If thou wilt [wend] thither, thou little Musgrave,
Thou's lig in mine armes all night."
Quoth he, "I thank yee, faire lady,25
This kindnes thou showest to me;
But whether it be to my weal or woe,
This night I will lig with thee."
[All that heard] a little tinny page,
By his ladyes coach as he ran:30
[Quoth he,] "allthough I am my ladyes foot-page,
Yet I am lord Barnards man.
"My lord Barnard shall knowe of this,
Whether I [sink] or swimm:"
And ever where the bridges were broake,35
He laid him downe to swimme.
"Asleepe, [awake!] thou lord Barnard,
As thou art a man of life;
For little Musgrave is at Bucklesfordbery,
Abed with thy own wedded wife."40
"If this be true, thou little tinny page,
This thing thou tellest to mee,
Then all the land in Bucklesfordbery
I freely will give to thee.
"But if it be a ly, thou little tinny page,45
This thing thou tellest to me,
On the hyest tree in Bucklesfordbery
There hanged shalt thou be."
He called up his merry men all:—
"Come saddle me my steed;50
This night must I to Buckellsfordbery,
For I never had greater need."
And some of them whistl'd, and some of them sung,
And some these words did say,
[Ever] when my lord Barnards horn blew,55
"Away, Musgrave, away!"