Or what is the ill that he has done,

That he’s gaun to be hangd sae shortly?’

7

‘He hasna robbd, he hasna stown,

He hasna killëd ony;

But he has hunted the king’s deer and rae,

And he will be hangëd shortly.’

8

‘Come saddle to me the bonny brown steed,

For the black never rade sae bonny,