Four o their men, the bravest four,

They bore my blade away.’

35

‘Bring back his blade,’ says Jock o Noth,

‘And freely to him it gie,

Or I hae sworn a black Scot’s oath

I’ll gar five million die.

36

‘Now whar’s the lady?’ says Jock o Noth,

‘Sae fain I woud her see;’