Then up and gat her seven sisters,

And sewed to her a kell;

And every steek that they put in

Sewed to a siller bell.

The first Scots kirk that they cam to,

They garr’d the bells be rung;

The next Scots kirk that they cam to,

They garr’d the mass be sung.

But when they cam to St. Mary’s kirk,

There stude spearmen all on a raw;