And sit you there and sing our loves,15
As she comes from the mass.
"And when she gaes into the house,
Sit ye upon the whin;
And sit you there and sing our loves,
As she goes out and in."20
And when he flew to that castel,
He lighted on the ash;
And there he sat and sung their loves,
As she came from the mass.
And when she went into the house,25
He flew unto the whin;
And there he sat and sung their loves,
As she went out and in.
"Come hitherward, my maidens all,
And sip red wine anon,30
Till I go to my west window,
And hear a birdie's moan."
She's gane unto her west window,
And fainly aye it drew;
And soon into her white silk lap35
The bird the letter threw.
"Ye're bidden send your love a send,
For he has sent you twa;
And tell him where he can see you,
Or he cannot live ava."40
"I send him the rings from my white fingers,
The garlands off my hair;
I send him the heart that's in my breast:
What would my love have mair?
And at the fourth kirk in fair Scotland,45
Ye'll bid him meet me there."
She hied her to her father dear,
As fast as gang could she:
"An asking, an asking, my father dear,
An asking ye grant me,—50
That, if I die in fair England,
In Scotland gar bury me.