These news unto the bonnie bride came,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
That at the yett there stands an auld man,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"There stands an auld man at the King's gate,105
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
He asketh a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"I'll go through nine fires so hot,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;110
But I'll give him a drink for young Hynd Horn's sake,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."
She went to the gate where the auld man did stand,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And she gave him a drink out of her own hand,115
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
She gave him a cup out of her own hand,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
He drunk out the drink, and dropt in the ring,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.120
"Got thou it by sea, or got thou it by land?
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
Or got thou it off a dead man's hand?
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."
"I got it not by sea, but I got it by land,125
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
For I got it out of thine own hand,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."
"I'll cast off my gowns of brown,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;130
And I'll follow thee from town to town,
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie.
"I'll cast off my gowns of red,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And along with thee I'll beg my bread,135
And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie."