“o, Came ye ower by the Yoke-burn Ford,
  Or down the King’s Road o’ the cleuch? 1
Or saw ye a knight and a lady bright,
  Wha ha’e gane the gate they baith shall rue?”

“I saw a knight and a lady bright
  Ride up the cleuch at the break of day;
The knight upon a coal-black steed,
  And the dame on one of a silver-gray.

“And...