When he came to the King’s ain gate,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

He asked a drink for Young Hynd Horn’s sake,

And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.

These news unto the bonny bride cam’,

With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan,

That at the gate there stands an auld man,

And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.

There stands an auld man at the King’s gate,