“I’m going, my Lady Nancy Bell,

Strange countries for to see, see, see,

Strange countries for to see.”

“When will you be back, Lord Lovel? (said she)

Oh, when will you come back?” said she.

“In a year or two, or three at most,

I’ll return to my Lady Nancy-cy-cy,

I’ll return to my Lady Nancy.”

But he had not been gone a year and a day,

Strange countries for to see,