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,