So nimbly up the stair she ran,

And wha so ready as this young squire

To welcome the bonny lassie in.

8

He[’s] taen her by the milk-white hand,

He’s gently led her through the room,

And aye she sighed, and aye she said,

It would be a pity to do me wrong.

9

‘Now, since you’ve taken your will o me,