But them by name I dinna knaw.”
The keys of the Castle he gave the King,
Wi’ the blessing o’ his fair Ladye;
He was made sheriff of Ettrick Forest,
Surely while upward grows the tree;
And if he was na traitor to the King,
Forfaulted he suld never be.
Wha ever heard, in ony times,
Sicken an outlaw in his degree
Sic favour get before a King,