17.
'There's not a William in a' my court,
Never a one but three,
And one of them is the Queen's brother;
I wad laugh gif it war he.'

18.
The king called on his merry men,
By thirty and by three;
Sweet Willie, wha used to be foremost man,
Was the hindmost a' but three.

19.
O he cam cripple, and he cam blind,
Cam twa-fald o'er a tree:
'O be he cripple, or be he blind,
This very same man is he.'

20.
'O whether will ye marry the bonny may,
Or hang on the gallows-tree?'
'O I will rather marry the bonny may,
Afore that I do die.'

21.
But he took out a purse of gold,
Weel locked in a glove:
'O tak ye that, my bonny may,
And seek anither love.'

22.
'O I will hae none o' your gold,' she says,
'Nor as little ony of your fee,
But I will hae your ain body,
The king has granted me.'

23.
O he took out a purse of gold;
A purse of gold and store;
'O tak ye that, fair may,' he said,
'Frae me ye'll ne'er get mair.'

24.
'O haud your tongue, young man,' she says,
'And I pray you let me be;
For I will hae your ain body,
The king has granted me.'

25.
He mounted her on a bonny bay horse,
Himsel' on the silver grey;
He drew his bonnet out o'er his een,
He whipt and rade away.

26.
O whan they cam to yon nettle bush,
The nettles they war spread:
'O an my mither war but here,' she says,
'These nettles she wad sned.'

27.
'O an I had drank the wan water
Whan I did drink the wine,
That e'er a shepherd's dochter
Should hae been a love o' mine!'

28.
'O may be I'm a shepherd's dochter,
And may be I am nane!
But you might hae ridden on your ways,
And hae let me alane.'

29.
O whan they cam unto yon mill
She heard the mill clap:
... ... ...
... ... ...

30.
'Clap on, clap on, thou bonny mill,
Weel may thou, I say,
For mony a time thou's filled my pock
Wi' baith oat-meal and grey.'

31.
'O an I had drank the wan water
Whan I did drink the wine,
That e'er a shepherd's dochter
Should hae been a love o' mine!'

32.
'O may be I'm a shepherd's dochter,
And may be I am nane;
But you might hae ridden on your ways,
And hae let me alane.

33.
'But yet I think a fitter match
Could scarcely gang thegither
Than the King of France's auld dochter
An