7

‘O come away, young man,’ they said,

‘I’m sure ye’r no our marrow;

Ye’r welcome here, young man,’ they said,

‘For the bonny lass o Thorro.’

8

‘Nine against one, weel do ye ken,

That’s no an equal marrow;

Yet for my love’s sake I’ll venture my life,

In the dowie glens of Yarrow.’