"Ye'll gie me hame my wounded knight,
Let me fare on my way;
And I'se ne'er be seen on Elrick's hill,
By night, nor yet by day;
And to this place we'll come nae mair,85
Cou'd we win safe away;
"To trouble any Christian one
Lives in the righteous law,
We'll come nae mair unto this place,
Cou'd we win safe awa'."90
"O ye'se get hame your wounded knight,
Ye shall not gang alane;
But I maun hae a wad o' him,
Before that we twa twine."
Sir Colvin being a book-learn'd man,95
Sae gude in fencing tee,
He's drawn a stroke behind his hand,
And followed in speedilie.
Sae fierce a stroke Sir Colvin's drawn,
And followed in speedilie,100
The knight's brand and sword hand
In the air he gar'd them flee.
It flew sae high into the sky,
And lighted on the ground;
The rings that were on these fingers105
Were worth five hundred pound.
Up he has ta'en that bluidy hand,
Set it before the king;
And the morn it was Wednesday,
When he married his daughter Jean.110