Struck it across the plain:

"Is there any more o' your English dogs,

That you want to be slain?"

"A clerk, a clerk," the king then cried,

"To write her tocher free;"

"A priest, a priest," says love Johnny,

"To marry my love and me.

"I'm seeking nane o' your gold," he says,

"Nor of your silver clear;

I only seek your daughter fair,