And when he’d been gone a year and a day,

Strange countries for to see,

A languishing thought came over his mind.

His lady-love for to see-see-see,

His lady-love for to see.

So he rode and he rode on his milk-white steed,

Till he came to London town,

And there he heard the great church bell,

And the people were gathered around-’round-’round,

And the people were gathered around.