"O lady fair, I'll no do sae,
I'll gie him a pound, and let him gae."
"O where hae ye ridden this lee lang day,
And where hae ye stolen this lady away?"
"I have not ridden this lee lang day,
Nor yet have I stolen this lady away.
"She is my only, my sick sister,
Whom I have brought from Winchester."
"If she be sick, and like to dead,
Why wears she the ribbon sae red?