Francis James Child

“ Where is your dwelling, or where may’t be?
‘My dwelling’s at yon bonnie green;
Fair lady, will ye go and see?’
On we lap, and awa we rade,
Until we came to yonder green;
We lichtit down to rest our steed,
And there cam out a lady soon. ”

“ And we saw the fairy queen.
With four and twenty at her back,
Of ladies clad in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there,
The worst might hae been his queen.
On we lap, and away we rade,
Down to a bonny ha ”

“ Hae lifted it to my knee.
wee wee man, but ye be strang!
Where may thy dwelling be?’
‘It’s down beside yon bonny bower;
Fair lady, come and see.’
On we lap, and away we rade,
Down to a bonny green ”