And a’ weel ploughd and sawn already,

And why should your father be angry wi me,

And ca me naething but a Hielan laddie?

7

‘I hae twenty weel mounted steeds,

Black and brown and grey, already;

And ilk ane o them is tended by a groom,

Altho I be but a Hielan laddie.

8

‘I hae now ten thousand sheep,