And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.
Out o’ the cup he drank the wine,
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan;
And into the cup he dropt the ring,
And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.
“O gat thou this by sea or by land?
With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan.
Or gat thou it aff a dead man’s hand?
And the birk and the broom blooms bonnie.”
“I gat it neither by sea nor land,