"It's how can I come doun,
This cauld frosty nicht,
Without e'er a coal
"There's twa smocks in your coffer,
As white as a swan;
Put ane o' them about you,
It will shew you licht doun."
She took ane o' them about her,65
And came tripping doun;
But as soon as she viewed,
Belinkin was in.
"Gude morrow, gude morrow,"
Said Lambert Linkin.70
"Gude morrow to yoursell, sir,"
Said the lady to him.
"O save my life, Belinkin,
Till my husband come back,
And I'll gie ye as much red gold75
As ye'll haud in your hat."
"I'll not save your life, lady,
Till your husband come back,
Tho' you wud gie me as much red gold
As I could haud in a sack.80
"Will I kill her?" quo' Belinkin,
"Will I kill her, or let her be?"
"You may kill her," said the fause nurse,
"She was ne'er gude to me;
And ye'll be laird o' the Castle,85
And I'll be ladye."
Then he cut aff her head
Fra her lily breast bane,
And he hung 't up in the kitchen,
It made a' the ha' shine.90