A message ye maun gang for me:

Ye maun gae to yon Outlaw Murray,

Surely where boldly bideth he.

“Bid him meet me at Permanscore,

And bring four in his companie;

Five Earls sall come wi’ mysell,

Gude reason I suld honoured be.

“And gif he refuses to do that,

Bid him look for nae good o’ me;

There sall never a Murray, after him,