And he has ta'en him to a haunted hunt's ha',

Was seven miles frae a town.

(routh, plenty. burd-alane, alone, without a burd or maiden.)

hunt's ha', hunting-lodge.

He's chas'd the dun deer thro' the wood,

And the roe down by the den,

Till the fattest buck in a' the herd

King Henry he has slain.

He's ta'en him to his hunting ha',

For to make bierly cheer;