She gave to them the good wheat bread,
And they gave her the ginger;
But she gave them a far better thing,
The gold ring off her finger.
“Will ye go wi’ me, my hinny and my heart,
Will ye go wi’ me, my dearie;
And I will swear, by the staff of my spear,
That thy lord shall nae mair come near thee.”
“Gar take from me my silk manteel,
And bring to me a plaidie;
For I will travel the world owre,
Along with the Gipsy laddie.
“I could sail the seas with my Jockie Faa,
I could sail the seas with my dearie;
I could sail the seas with my Jockie Faa,
And with pleasure could drown with my dearie.”
They wandered high, they wandered low,
They wandered late and early,
Until they came to an old tenant’s barn,
And by this time she was weary.
“Last night I lay in a weel-made bed,
And my noble lord beside me;
And now I must lie in an old tenant’s barn,
And the black crew glowring owre me.”
“O hold your tongue, my hinny and my heart,
O hold your tongue, my dearie;
For I will swear by the moon and the stars
That thy lord shall nae mair come near thee.”
They wandered high, they wandered low,
They wandered late and early,
Until they came to that wan water,
And by this time she was weary.
“Aften I have rode that wan water,
And my Lord Cassilis beside me;
And now I must set in my white feet, and wade,
And carry the Gipsy laddie.”
By-and-by came home this noble lord,
And asking for his ladie;
The one did cry, the other did reply,
“She is gone with the Gipsy laddie.”