“Sae does it weet my skin;

And my aching heart rins round about,

The burn maks sic a din.

“The water is waxing deeper still,

Sae does it wax mair wide;

And aye the farther that we ride on,

Farther off is the other side.

“Oh, help me now, thou fause fause Knight!

Have pity on my youth;

For now the water jawes owre my head,