"But I caused build a ship for you,
Upon Saint Innocent's day;
I 'll bid Saint Innocent be your guide,
And Our Lady, that meikle may.
You are a lady's first true love;25
God carry you weel away!"
Then he sailed east and he sailed west,
By many a comely strand;
At length a puff of northern wind
Did blow him to the land.30
When he did see the king and court,
Were playing at the ba';
Gave him a harp into his hand,
Says,—"Stay, Bearwell, and play."
He had not been in the king's court35
A twelvemonth and a day,
Till there came lairds and lords enew,
To court that lady gay.
They wooed her with broach and ring,
They nothing could keep back;40
The very charters of their lands
Into her hands they pat.
She 's done her down to Heyvalin,
With the light of the mune:
Says,—"Will ye do this deed for me,45
And will ye do it sune?
"Will ye go seek him young Bearwell,
On seas wherever he be?
And if I live and bruik my life,
Rewarded ye shall be."50
"Alas, I am too young a skipper,
So far to sail the faem;
But if I live and bruik my life,
I 'll strive to bring him hame."
So he has sail'd east and then sail'd west,55
By many a comely strand;
Till there came a blast of northern wind,
And blew him to the land.