A mair better lord I’ll get for thee.’

5

‘Na mair o this, my father dear,

And of your folly let abee;

For I wad na gie ae look o my lord’s face

For aw the lords in the haill cuntree.

6

‘But I’ll cast aff my robes o red,

And I’ll put on my robes o blue,

And I will travel to some other land,