[00:00.30]Oh, waly, waly up the bank and waly, waly down the brae,
[00:08.92]And waly, waly up burnside where I and my love used to go.
[00:16.03]I was a lady of high renown that lived in the North country;
[00:24.70]I was a lady of high renown when Jamie Douglas courted me.
[00:35.80]And when we came to Glasgow town, it was a comely sight to see,
[00:45.08]My lord was clad in the velvet green and I myself in cramasie.
[00:53.68]And when my eldest son was born and set upon his nurse's knee,
[01:02.69]I was the happiest woman born and my good lord, he loved me.
[01:13.63]There came a man into our house and Jamie Lockhart was his name
[01:21.73]And it was told unto my lord that I did lie in bed with him.
[01:29.95]There came another to our house and he was no good friend to me;
[01:38.06]He put Jamie's shoes beneath my bed and bade my good lord come and see.
[01:49.10]Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood, and an ill death may you die,
[01:56.04]You were the first and the foremost man that parted my good lord and I.
[02:03.89]And when my lord came to my room this great falsehood for to see,
[02:12.75]He turned him round all with a scowl and not one word would he speak to me.
[02:23.04]“Come up, come up, now Jamie Douglas, come up the stair and dine with me,
[02:31.61]I'll set you on a chair of gold and court you kindly on my knee.”
[02:40.33]“When cockleshells turn silver bells and fishes fly from tree to tree,
[02:50.17]When frost and snow turn fire to burn it's I'll come up and dine with thee.”
[03:00.86]Oh woe be unto thee, Blackwood, and an ill death may you die,
[03:08.22]You were the first and the foremost man that parted my good lord and I.
[03:15.02]And when my father he had word my good lord had forsaken me,
[03:24.06]He sent fifty of his brisk dragoons to fetch me home to my own country.
[03:34.27]O had I wist when first I kissed that love should been so ill to win,
[03:44.72]I'd locked my heart in a cage of gold and pinned it with a silver pin.
[03:53.04]You think that I am like yourself and lie with each one that I see,
[04:02.85]But I do swear by Heavens high, I never loved a man but thee.
[04:14.44]'Tis not the frost that freezes fell, nor blowing snow's inclemency,
[04:23.09]'Tis not such cold that makes me cry, but my love's heart grown cold to me.
[04:31.82]O waly, waly, love is bonnie a little while when first it's new,
[04:42.58]But love grows old and waxes cold and fades away like morning dew.