And sighin’ said that gay ladie,

“I wish I were in my own countrie!”

And she has taen her gay gold ring,

That with her love she break so free;

Says, “Gie him that, ye proud porter,

And bid the bridegroom speak to me.”

When the porter came his lord before,

He kneeled down low on his knee:

“What aileth thee, my proud porter,

Thou art so full of courtesie?”