Lady Isabel and the Elf-Knight
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Lady Isabel sat at her window a-sewing
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
When she heard an elf-knight on his bright horn
a-blowing
On the first morning in May
Oh, I wish I'd that horn that I hear blow so clearly
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
And yonder elf-knight for to love me so dearly
On the first morning in May
This maiden had scarcely the fatal words spoken
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
When in at her window the elf-knight has broken
On the first morning in May
"It is a strange matter, fair maiden," said he
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
"I canna blaw horn but you call out to me"
On the first morning in May
"But will you gang down unto yon greenwoodside
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
Come take a fair horse and together we'll ride"
On the first morning in May
He's leapt on a horse, and she on another
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
And they have gone down to the greenwood together
On the first morning in May
"Light down ye, light down ye, fair maiden," said he
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
"We are come to the place where ye are to die."
On the first morning in May
"Hae mercy, hae mercy, Sir Elf-Knight on me
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
'Til aince more my father and mother I see"
On the first morning in May
"Well, seven King's daughters here have I slain
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
And ye'll be the eighth will forever remain"
On the first morning in May
"Come sit down awhile, rest your head on my knee
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
That we may take rest here before that I die"
On the first morning in May
And she stroked his dark head and she whispered sae
sweet
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
That the elf-knight was soon lulled fast, fast asleep
On the first morning in May
And she's taen his ain sword-belt & bound him around
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
And with his ain dirk struck the fiend his death wound
On the first morning in May
"Well, if seven King's daughters were slain here by ye
Aye, as the gowans grow gay
Then lie here and keep them all good company!"
On the first morning in May