"A fairer maid than ten o' you,

"I'll meet at Castle-law."

"A fairer maid than me, Willie!

"A fairer maid than me!

"A fairer maid than ten o' me,

"Your eyes did never see."

He louted owr his saddle lap,

To kiss her ere they part,

And wi' a little keen bodkin,

She pierced him to the heart.