"'Twas never my mother's fashion," she said,

"Nor shall it e'er be mine,

"That belted knights should e'er remain

"While ladyes dree'd their pain.

"But, gin ye take that bugle-horn,

"And wind a blast sae shrill,

"I hae a brother in yonder court,

"Will cum me quickly till."

"O gin ye hae a brother on earth,

"That ye lo'e mair than me,