3 'There is a great dew upon the grass,
And if you shoud lay me down, sir,
You would spoil my gay clothing,
That has cost me many a pound, sir.'
4 'I have a cloak of scarlet red,
I'll lay it under you, love,
So you will grant me my request
That I shall ask of you, love.'
5 'And if you'll go to my father's hall,
That is moated all round about, sir,
There you shall have your will of me,
Within, sir, and without, sir.
6 'Oh yonder stands my milk-white steed,
And among the cocks of hay, sir;
If the king's pinner should chance to come,
He'll take my steed away, sir.'
7 'I have a ring upon my finger,
It's made of the finest gold, love,
And it shall serve to fetch your steed
Out of the pinner's fold, love.'
8 'And if you'll go to my father's house,
Round which there's many a tree, sir,
There you shall have your chamber free,
And your chamberlain I'll be, sir.'
9 He sate her on a milk-white steed,
Himself upon another,
And then they rid along the way,
Like sister and like brother.
10 But when she came to her father's house,
Which was moated all round about, sir,
She slipd herself within the gate,
And she lockd the knight without, sir.
11 'I thank you, kind knight, for seeing me here,
And bringing me home a maiden, sir,
But you shall have two of my father's men
For to set you as far back again, sir.'
12 He drew his sword out of his scabbard,
And whet it upon his sleeve, sir,
Saying, Cursed be to evry man
That will a maid believe, sir!