He's ta'en leave o' his gay lady,

Nought minding what his lady said,

And he's rode by the wells of Slane,

Where washing was a bonny maid.

"Wash on, wash on, my bonny maid,

That wash sae clean your sark of silk;"

"And weel fa' you, fair gentleman,

Your body whiter than the milk."

brook, preserve. sark, skirt.

Then loud, loud cried the Clerk Colvill,