35 'I woo'd a maiden meek an mild, An I've marryed a woman great wi child.' 36 'O stay, my son, intill this ha, An sport you wi your merry men a'. 37 'An I'll gang to yon painted bowr, An see how't fares wi yon base whore.' 38 The auld queen she was stark an strang; She gard the door flee aff the ban. 39 The auld queen she was stark an steer; She gard the door lye i the fleer. 40 'O is your bairn to laird or loon? Or is it to your father's groom?' 41 'My bairn's na to laird or loon, Nor is it to my father's groom. 42 'But hear me, mither, on my knee, An my hard wierd I'll tell to thee. 43 'O we were sisters, sisters seven, We was the fairest under heaven. 44 'We had nae mair for our seven years wark But to shape an suc the king's son a sark. 45 'O it fell on a Saturday's afternoon, Whan a' our langsome wark was dane, 46 'We keist the cavils us amang, To see which shoud to the greenwood gang. 47 'Ohone, alas! for I was youngest, An ay my wierd it was the hardest. 48 'The cavil it did on me fa, Which was the cause of a' my wae. 49 'For to the greenwood I must gae, To pu the nut but an the slae; 50 'To pu the red rose an the thyme, To strew my mother's bowr and mine. 51 'I had na pu'd a flowr but ane, Till by there came a jelly hind greeme, 52 'Wi high-colld hose an laigh-colld shoone, An he 'peard to be some kingis son. 53 'An be I maid or be I nane, He kept me there till the day was dane. 54 'An be I maid or be I nae, He kept me there till the close of day. 55 'He gae me a lock of yallow hair, An bade me keep it for ever mair. 56 'He gae me a carket o gude black beads, An bade me keep them against my needs. 57 'He gae to me a gay gold ring, An bade me ke[e]p it aboon a' thing. 58 'He gae to me a little pen-kniffe, An bade me keep it as my life.' 59 'What did you wi these tokens rare That ye got frae that young man there?' 60 'O bring that coffer hear to me, And a' the tokens ye sal see.' 61 An ay she ranked, an ay she flang, Till a' the tokens came till her han. 62 'O stay here, daughter, your bowr within, Till I gae parley wi my son.' 63 O she has taen her thro the ha, An on her son began to ca. 64 'What did you wi that gay gold ring I bade you keep aboon a' thing? 65 'What did you wi that little pen-kniffe I bade you keep while you had life? 66 'What did you wi that yallow hair I bade you keep for ever mair? 67 'What did you wi that good black beeds I bade you keep against your needs?' 68 'I gae them to a lady gay I met i the greenwood on a day.