"Ye will do you down to yon tavern house,
And drink till the day be dawing;
And, as sure as I ance had a love for you,
I'll come there and clear your lawing.
"Ye'll spare not the wine, altho' it be fine, 25
Nae Malago, tho' it be rarely;
But ye'll aye drink the bonnie lassie's health
That's to clear your lawing fairly."
Then he's done him down to yon tavern house,
And drank till day was dawing; 30
And aye he drank the bonny lassie's health
That was coming to clear his lawing.
And aye as he birled, and aye as he drank
The gude beer and the brandy,
He spar'd not the wine, altho' it was fine, 35
The sack nor the sugar candy.
"It's a wonder to me," the knight he did say,
"My bonnie lassie's sae delaying;
She promis'd, as sure as she loved me ance,
She wou'd be here by the dawing." 40
He's done him to a shott window,
A little before the dawing,
And there he spied her nine brothers bauld,
Were coming to betray him.
"Where shall I rin, where shall I gang, 45
Or where shall I gang hide me?
She that was to meet me in friendship this day,
Has sent nine men to slay me!"
He's gane to the landlady o' the house,
Says, "O can you supply me? 50
For she that was to meet me in friendship this day,
Has sent nine men to slay me!
She gae him a suit o' her ain female claise,
And set him to the baking;
The bird never sang mair sweet on the bush, 55
Nor the knight sung at the baking.
As they came in at the ha' door,
Sae loudly as they rappit,
And when they came upon the floor,
Sae loudly as they chappit! 60