It was your eldest daughter, my wedded wife to be;

For the sinking o the French gallio.’

11

‘Ye shall have no gold, boy, ye shall have no fee;

I wadna ware my daughter on ony such as thee;

For as you’ve done to her, boy, so wad you do to me,

By the sinking o the French [gallio].’

12

Then they put out their long-boat and catched him by the side,

And rowed him into ane auld cow’s-hide,