When he came to the Tolbooth stair,

Then he let his volley flee;

It made the king in his chamber start,

Een in the bed where he might be.

"Gae out, gae out, my merrymen a,

And bid Carmichael come speak to me;

For I'll lay my life the pledge o' that,

That yon's the shot o' young Logie."

When Carmichael came before the king,

He fell low down upon his knee;