From Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. 35.
Near Edinburgh was a young child born,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And his name it was called Young Hynd Horn,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
Seven lang years he served the King,5
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And it's a' for the sake of his dochter Jean,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
The King an angry man was he,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;10
He sent young Hynd Horn to the sea,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"O I never saw my love before,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
Till I saw her thro' an augre bore,15
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"And she gave to me a gay gold ring,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
With three shining diamonds set therein,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.20
"And I gave to her a silver wand,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
With three singing laverocks set thereon,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"What if those diamonds lose their hue,25
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
Just when my love begins for to rew,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie?"
"For when your ring turns pale and wan,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;30
Then I'm in love with another man,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."