His footmen they did rin before,
His horsemen rade behind;10
Ane mantel of the burning gowd
Did keip him frae the wind.
Gowden graith'd his horse before,
And siller shod behind;
The horse zoung Waters rade upon15
Was fleeter than the wind.
But then spake a wylie lord,
Unto the queen said he:
"O tell me quha's the fairest face
"I've sene lord, and I've sene laird,
And knights of high degree,
Bot a fairer face than zoung Waters
Mine eyne did never see."
Out then spaek the jealous king25
(And an angry man was he):
"O if he had been twice as fair,
Zou micht have excepted me."
"Zou're neither laird nor lord," she says,
"Bot the king that wears the crown;30
There is not a knight in fair Scotland,
Bot to thee maun bow down."
For a' that she could do or say,
Appeasd he wade nae bee;
Bot for the words which she had said,35
Zoung Waters he maun dee.
They hae taen zoung Waters, and
Put fetters to his feet;
They hae taen zoung Waters, and
Thrown him in dungeon deep.40
"Aft I have ridden thro' Stirling town,
In the wind bot and the weit;
Bot I neir rade thro' Stirling town
Wi' fetters at my feet.