‘O no, O no, my lady gay,

For the Lord o Aboyne is comin.’

4

When she was looking oer her castell-wa,

She spied twa boys comin:

‘What news, what news, my bonny boys?

What news hae ye frae Lunan?’

5

‘Good news, good news, my lady gay,

The Lord o Aboyne is comin;