4 When she came to Carterhaugh

Tam Lin was at the well,

And there she fand his steed standing,
But away was himsel.

5 She had na pu'd a double rose,
A rose but only twa,

Till up then started young Tam Lin,
Says, 'Lady, thou's pu nae mae.1

6 Why pu's thou the rose, Janet,

And why breaks thou the wand? Or why comes thou to Carterhaugh Withoutten my command?'

7 'Carterhaugh, it is my ain,

My daddie gave it me;

I'll come and gang by Carterhaugh,
And ask nae leave at thee.'

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And she has snooded 2 her yellow hair
A little aboon her bree,
And she is to her father's ha,

As fast as she can hie.

And there she fand his steed standing,
But away was himsel.

19 She had na pu'd a double rose,
A rose but only twa,

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Tam Lin,

Till up then started young
Says, 'Lady, thou pu's nae mae.

20Why pu's thou the rose, Janet,
Amang the groves sae green,
And a' to kill the bonie babe
That we gat us between?'

21 'O tell me, tell me, Tam Lin,' she says, 'For's sake that died on tree,

If eer ye was in holy chapel,
Or christendom did see?'

22 'Roxbrugh he was my grandfather, Took me with him to bide, And ance it fell upon a day

That wae did me betide.

23 And ance it fell upon a day, A cauld day and a snell,3

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When we were frae the hunting come,
That frae my horse I fell;
The Queen o Fairies she caught me,
In yon green hill to dwell."

24 And pleasant is the fairy land;
But, an eerie tale to tell,

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Then throw me into well water,
O throw me in wi speed.

35 And then I'll be your ain true-love,
I'll turn a naked knight;
Then cover me wi your green mantle,
And cover me out o sight.'

36 Gloomy, gloomy was the night,
And eerie was the way,

As fair Jenny in her green mantle
To Miles Cross she did gae.

37 About the middle o the night
She heard the bridles ring;
This lady was as glad at that
As any earthly thing.

38 First she let the black pass by,
And syne she let the brown;

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But quickly she ran to the milk-white steed,

And pu'd the rider down.

39 Sae weel she minded what he did say,
And young Tam Lin did win;
Syne coverd him wi her green mantle,
As blythe's a bird in spring.

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40 Out then spak the Queen o Fairies, Out of a bush o broom: 'Them that has gotten young Tam Lin Has gotten a stately groom.'

41 Out then spak the Queen o Fairies, And an angry woman was she: 'Shame betide her ill-far'd face, And an ill death may she die, For she's taen awa the boniest knight In a' my companie.

42 'But had I kend, Tam Lin,' she says, 'What now this night I see,

I wad hae taen out thy twa grey een,
And put in twa een o tree.""

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And she might hae wed some worthy prince,

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Had she nae been stown by me.

15 'I was her father's cup-bearer,
Just at that fatal time;

I catchd her on a misty night,
Whan summer was in prime.

16 My luve to her was most sincere,
Her luve was great for me,
But when she hardships doth endure,
Her folly she does see.'

17 I'll shoot the buntin o the bush,
The linnet o the tree,

And bring them to my dear mither,
See if she 'll merrier be.'

18 It fell upo another day,

This guid lord he thought lang, And he is to the hunting gaue, Took wi him his dog and gun.

19 Wi bow and arrow by his side,
He's aff, single, alane,

And left his seven children to stay
Wi their mither at hame.

20 'OI will tell to you, mither,
Gin ye wadna angry be:'

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'Speak on, speak on, my little wee boy, Ye 'se nae be quarrelld by me.'

21 As we came frae the hynd-hunting, We heard fine music ring: ' 'My blessings on you, my bonny boy, I wish I'd been there my lane.'7

22 He's taen his mither by the hand,
His six brithers also,

And they are on thro Elmond's wood,
As fast as they coud go.

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