‘O seven long years I served the King,
And as for wages I never gat nane;
IV
‘But ae sight o’ his ae daughter.
And that was thro’ an auger-bore.’
V
Seven long years he served the King,
And it’s a’ for the sake of his daughter Jean.
VI
The King an angry man was he;
He sent young Hynd Horn to the sea.
VII
He’s gi’en his luve a silver wand
Wi’ seven silver laverocks[255] sittin’ thereon.