17 And she called up her servants a':
'O come, behold and see!
O yonder comes your master dear,
And a new mistress brings he.
18 'Gae doun, gae doun, my eldest son,
Into the outmost ha,
And if ye welcome ane o them,
Be sure to welcome a'.'
19 Some ran east, and some ran west,
And some ran to the sea;
There was na ane in a' his house
To welcome his new ladie.
20 But Annie's to her coffer gane,
Tane out a silver kaim,
And she's kaimd doun her yellow hair,
As she a maid had been.
21 And Annie has kaimd her lang yellow locks,
And laid them in her neck;
And she's awa to the saut, saut sea,
To welcome his lady aff deck.
22 She durst na ca him her ain gude lord,
For angering o the bride;
But she did ca him master dear,
And I wat he was richt glad.
23 'You're welcome, you're welcome, master,' she said,
'To your halls bot an your bouers;
And sae are a' thir merry young men
That come alang with you.
24 'You're welcome, you're welcome, fair ladie,
To your halls but an your bouers;
And sae are a' thir gay ladies;
For a' that's here is yours.'
25 'I thank ye, I thank ye, fair maiden,
I thank ye kindlie;
If I be lang about this house,
Rewarded ye sall be.
26 'I have a brither o mine ain;
He's newly come frae sea;
I think it wad be a richt gude match
To marry him and thee.'