"O gin ye come my bour within,

"Through fraud, deceit, or guile,

"Wi' this same brand, that's in my hand,

"I vow I will thee kill."

"Yet durst I cum into your bour,

"And ask nae leave," quo' he;

"And wi' this same brand, that's in my hand,

"Wave danger back on thee."

About the dead hour o' the night,

The ladye's bour was broken;