Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 (of 3) / Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

by Walter Scott

When they asleep were laid,

When in and came her seven brothers,

Wi' torches burning red.

When in and came her seven brothers,

Wi' torches shining bright;

They said, "We hae but ae sister,

"And behold her lying with a knight!"

Then out and spake the first o' them,

"I bear the sword shall gar him die!"

And out and spake the second o' them,