Arduaque insurgens navem de littore pulsat.
A Song about 550 Years old, made by the old Mountain-bard, Duncan Frasier, living on Cheviot, A.D. 1270.
First printed from an ancient MSS.
BY MR ROBERT LAMBE, VICAR OF NORHAM.
The king is gone from Bambrough Castle,
Long may the princess mourn,
Long may she stand on the castle wall,
Looking for his return.
She has knotted the keys upon a string,
And with her she has them ta’en,