10 Then up it raise him Sir Colvin,
And dressd in armour keen,
And he is on to Elrick's hill,
Without light of the meen.
11 At midnight mark the meen upstarts;
The knight walkd up and down,
While loudest cracks o thunder roard
Out ower the bent sae brown.
12 Then by the twinkling of an ee
He spied an armed knight,
A fair lady bearing his brand,
Wi torches burning bright.
13 Then he cried high, as he came nigh,
'Coward thief, I bid you flee!
There is not ane comes to this hill,
But must engage wi me.
14 'Ye'll best take road before I come,
And best take foot and flee;
Here is a sword, baith sharp and broad
Will quarter you in three.'
15 Sir Colvin said, I'm not afraid
Of any here I see;
You hae not taen your God before;
Less dread hae I o thee.
16 Sir Colvin then he drew his sword,
His foe he drew his brand,
And they fought there on Elrick's hill
Till they were bluidy men.
17 The first an stroke the knight he strake,
Gae Colvin a slight wound;
The next an stroke Lord Colvin strake,
Brought's foe unto the ground.
18 'I yield, I yield,' the knight he said,
'I fairly yield to thee;
Nae ane came eer to Elrick-hill
Eer gaind such victorie.
19 'I and my forbears here did haunt
Three hundred years and more;
I'm safe to swear a solemn oath
We were never beat before.'