‘O where hae ye ridden this lee-lang[280] day?
Or where hae ye stolen this lady away?’—
XII
‘I have not ridden this lee-lang day,
Nor yet have I stolen this lady away.
XIII
‘She is my only, my sick sistèr,
Which I have brought from Winchester.’—
XIV
‘If she be sick and like to dead,
Why wears she the ribbon sae red?
XV
‘If she be sick and like to die,
Then why wears she the gold on high?’