The Laird o' Roslin's daughter Walked through the woods alone When by come Captain Wedderburn, A servant of the King. He said unto his servant man, "Were it not against the law I'd take her into my own bed And lie her next to the wall." Then he jumped off his milk-white steed And he set the lady on, And all the way he walked on foot And he held her by the hand. He held her by the middle of the waist For fear that she should fall Till he took her to his own bed To lie her next to the wall. "Oh," said the pretty lady, "Before you do gain me It's you must dress me dishes yet And that is dishes three. It's dishes three you must dress me, Though I'll not eat at all Before I'll lie in your bed At either stock or wall." "Oh you must get for supper A cherry without a stone, And you must get for supper A chicken without a bone, And you must get for supper A bird without a gall Before I'll lie in your bed At either stock or wall." "A cherry when it is in bloom, I'm sure it has no stone, And the chicken when it's in the egg, I'm sure it has no bone. The dove she is a gentle bird And she flies without a gall, So we'll lie both in one bed And you'll lie next to the wall." "Oh," said the pretty lady, "Before you me perplex It's you must answer questions yet And that is questions six. Questions six you must tell me And that is three times twa Before I'll lie in your bed At either stock or wall." "Oh, what is greener than the grass? What's higher than the trees? Oh, what is worse than woman's vice? What's deeper than the seas? What was the first bird that did crow? And what did first down fall? Before I'll lie in your bed At either stock or wall." "Oh, death is greener than the grass And is higher than the trees. The Devil is worse than a woman's vice, Hell is deeper than the seas. The cock was the first bird that did crow And the dew did first down fall, So we'll lie both in one bed And you'll lie next to the wall." Oh little did that fair maid think That morning when she rose That this would be the very last Of all her maiden days. And in the parish where they live They're the happiest pair of all And they both lie in one bed And she lies next to the wall.