Near Edinburgh was a young child born, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; And his name it was called Young Hynd Horn, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. Seven lang years he served the King, 5 _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; And it's a' for the sake of his dochter Jean, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. The King an angry man was he, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; 10 He sent young Hynd Horn to the sea, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. "O I never saw my love before, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; Till I saw her thro' an augre bore, 15 _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. "And she gave to me a gay gold ring, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; With three shining diamonds set therein, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. 20 "And I gave to her a silver wand, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; With three singing laverocks set thereon, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. "What if those diamonds lose their hue, 25 _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; Just when my love begins for to rew, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_?" "For when your ring turns pale and wan, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; 30 Then I'm in love with another man, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_." He's left the land, and he's gone to the sea, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; And he's stayed there seven years and a day, 35 _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. Seven lang years he has been on the sea, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; And Hynd Horn has looked how his ring may be, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. 40 But when he looked this ring upon, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; The shining diamonds were both pale and wan, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. O the ring it was both black and blue, 45 _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; And she's either dead, or she's married, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. He's left the seas, and he's come to the land, _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; 50 And the first he met was an auld beggar man, _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_. "What news, what news, my silly auld man? _With a hey lillelu and a how lo lan_; For it's seven years since I have seen land, 55 _And the birk and the brume blooms bonnie_.