And whan she cam into the hall,
The nobles there stood monie;
And ilka ane stood hat on head, 15
But hat in hand stood Geordie.
Up bespak a Norlan lord,
I wat he spak na bonnie,—
"If ye'll stay here a little while,
Ye'll see Geordie hangit shortly." 20
Then up bespak a baron bold,
And O but he spak bonnie,—
"If ye'll pay doun five hundred crowns,
Ye'se get your true-love Geordie."
Some lent her guineas, some lent her crowns, 25
Some lent her shillings monie;
And she's paid doun five hundred crowns,
And she's gotten her bonnie love Geordie.
When she was mounted on her hie steed,
And on ahint her Geordie, 30
Nae bird on the brier e'er sang sae clear,
As the young knight and his ladie.
"My Geordie O, my Geordie O,
O the love I bear to Geordie;
The very stars in the firmament 35
Bear tokens I loe Geordie."
[THE GABERLUNZIE-MAN.]
Tea-Table Miscellany, i. 104; Old Ballads, iii. 259.