2

‘Come doun the stair, Jamie Douglas,

Come doun and drink wine wi me;

I’ll set ye on a chair of gold,

And not ae farthing will it cost thee.’

3

‘Whan cockle-shells turn siller bells,

And fishes flee frae tree to tree,

Whan frost and snaw turn fire-beams,

I’ll come doun and drink wine wi thee.’