Then he is to his mother gane,

Fell low down on his knee:

‘O shall I marry Burd Isbel?

She’s born a son to me.’

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‘O marry, marry Burd Isbel,

Or use her as ye like;

Ye’ll gar her wear the silks sae red,

And sae may ye the white.

O would ye marry Burd Isbel,