1
'Hynde Horn's bound love, and Hynde Horn's free,
Whare was ye born, or in what countrie?'
2
'In gude greenwud whare I was born,
And all my friends left me forlorn.
3
'I gave my love a silver wand;
That was to rule oure all Scotland.
4
'My love gave me a gay gowd ring;
That was to rule abune a' thing.'
5
'As lang as that ring keeps new in hue,
Ye may ken that your love loves you.
6
'But whan that ring turns pale and wan,
Ye may ken that your love loves anither man.'
7
He hoisted up his sails, and away sailed he,
Till that he cam to a foreign countrie.
8
He looked at his ring; it was turnd pale and wan;
He said, 'I wish I war at hame again.'
9
He hoisted up his sails, and hame sailed he,
Until that he came to his ain countrie.
10
The first ane that he met wi
Was wi a puir auld beggar man.