"I had liefer ride yon fell water,
Though strange it be to ride,
Than I wad stand on the fair green strand,
And thou be slain beside."
In, in, out and in,
Blaws the wind and whirls the whin.
"I had liefer swim yon wild water,
Though sair it be to bide,
Than I wad stand at a strange man's hand,
To be a strange man's bride."