And royal King Henry went mourning before;

O two and two gentlemen carried her away,

But royal King Henry went weeping away.

8

O black were their stockings, and black were their bands,

And black were the weapons they held in their hands;

O black were their mufflers, and black were their shoes,

And black were the cheverons they drew on their luves.

9

They mourned in the kitchen, and they mournd in the ha,