The Laird o' Roslin's daughter walked through the woods alone
When by come Captain Wedderburn, a servant of the king
He said onto 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 thе waist for fear that she should fall
Till he took hеr 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