"Now, Earl Brand, an ye love me,15
Slay this old carl, and gar him dee."
"O lady fair, but that would be sair,
To slay an auld carl that wears grey hair.
"My own lady fair, I'll not do that,
I'll pay him his fee......."20
"O where have ye ridden this lee lang day,
And where have ye stown this fair lady away?"
"I have not ridden this lee lang day,
Nor yet have I stown this lady away.
"For she is, I trow, my sick sister,25
Whom I have been bringing fra Winchester."
"If she's been sick, and nigh to dead,
What makes her wear the ribbon so red?
"If she's been sick, and like to die,
What makes her wear the gold sae high?"30
When came the carl to the lady's yett,
He rudely, rudely rapped thereat.