5 Aye he rade, an aye she ran,
The live-lang simmer's day,
Till they came to the wan water,
An a' men call it Tay.
6 She has tane the narrow fuird,
An he has tane the wide,
An ere he was in the middle-water,
Jo Janet was at the ither side.
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As swift as eel or otter.
8 An when she cam to the queen's court
She tirled at the pin,
An wha sae ready as the queen hersel
To let Jo Janet in!
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'There is a knicht into your court
This day has robbed me.'
10 'Has he robbed you o your gold, fair may,
Or robbed you o your fee?
Or robbed you o your maidenhead,
The flower o your bodie?'
11 'He has nae robbed me o my gold,' she said,
'Nor o my weel won fee,
But he has robbed me o my maidenhead,
The flower o my bodie.'
12 'It's if he be a married knight,
It's hanged he shall be;
But if he be a single knight,
It's married ye sall be.
13 'There's but three knichts into my court
This day hae been frae me,
An ane is Earl Richard, my brither,
An I hope it is na he:'
Then sichin said Jo Janet,
The very same man is he.
14 The queen has called on her merry men
By thirty and by three;
He wont to be the foremost man,
But hinmost in cam he.