"She that has borrowed young Tamlane

Has gotten a stately groom,

She's taken away my bonniest knight,

Left nothing in his room.

"But had I known, Tamlane, Tamlane,

A lady would borrow thee,

I'd hae ta'en out thy two grey eyne,

Put in two eyne of tree.

"Had I but known, Tamlane, Tamlane,

Before we came from home,