"And let me and my billie be.

"Gae dig a grave, baith wide and deep,

"A grave to hald baith him and me;

"But lay Christie Graeme on the sunny side,

"For I'm sure he wan the victorie."

"Alack! a wae!" auld Bewick cried,

"Alack! was I not much to blame!

"I'm sure I've lost the liveliest lad

"That e'er was born unto my name."

"Alack! a wae!" quo' gude Lord Graeme,