8
'What news, what news, my auld beggar man?
What news, what news, by sea or by lan?'
9
'Nae news, nae news,' the auld beggar said,
'But the king's dochter Jean is going to be wed.'
10
'Cast off, cast off thy auld beggar-weed,
An I'll gie thee my gude gray steed.'
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11
When he cam to our guid king's yet,
He sought a glass o wine for young Hyn Horn's sake.
12
He drank out the wine, an he put in the ring,
An he bade them carry't to the king's dochter Jean.
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13
'O gat ye't by sea, or gat ye't by lan?
Or gat ye't aff a dead man's han?'
14
'I gat na't by sea, I gat na't by lan,
But I gat it out of your own han.'
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