The page has doffd his feather'd cap,

But an' his raven hair;

An' out there came the yellow locks,

Like swirls o' the goud en wair.

Syne he's undone his doublet clasp,

Was o' the grass-green hue,

When, like a lily frae its leaf,

A lady burst in view.

"Tell out thy errand now, Sir Knight,

Wi' thy love tokens a';