‘See that ye never change yer cheer
Till ance ye see my body bleed.’
16
An he’s killd a’ the fifteen knights,
He’s killed them a’ but only ane;
A’ but the auld grey-headed knight,
He bade him carry the tiddins hame.
17
He’s gane to his lady again,
I trow he’s kissd her, baith cheek an chin;