"I would give the black," she says,
"And so would I the brown,
For a drink of yon water,
That rins by Galston Town."
Out then spake fair Anne,45
She was baith jimp and sma',
"O row me in a pair o' sheets,
And tow me down the wa'."
"O hold thy tongue, thou fair Anne,
And let thy talkin' be,50
For thou must stay in this fair castle,
And bear thy death with me."
"O mother," spoke the Lord Thomas,
As he sat on the nurse's knee,
"O mother, give up this fair castle,55
Or the reek will worrie me."
"I would rather be burnt to ashes sma',
And be cast on yon sea foam,
Before I'd give up this fair castle,
And my lord so far from home.60
"My good lord has an army strong,
He's now gone o'er the sea;
He bade me keep this gay castle,
As long as it would keep me.
"I've four-and-twenty brave milk kye65
Gangs on yon lily lee,
I'd give them a' for a blast of wind,
To blaw the reek from me."
O pitie on yon fair castle,
That's built with stone and lime,70
But far mair pitie on Lady Loudoun,
And all her children nine.