Then upon high horseback sae hard’s he did her tye,

‘Will ye go to Conland, this winter-time to lye?’

4

Her mother she came to the door, the saut tears on her cheek,

She coudna see her daughter, it was for dust and reek;

It was for dust and reek, the swords they glancd sae high;

‘And will ye go to Conland, this winter-time to lye?’

5

When they came to the ale-house, the people there were busy;

A bridal-bed it was well made, and supper well made ready;