And out then spake her White Lilly;

"My sister, we'll be gane:

"Why suld we stay in Barnisdale,

"To mourn our hour within?"

O cutted hae they their green cloathing,

A little abune their knee;

And sae hae they their yellow hair,

A little abune their bree.

And left hae they that bonny hour,

To cross the raging sea;