The Outlandish Knight

He's followed her up and he followed her down
 And into the room where she lay
 She hadn't the strength for to flee from his arms
 Nor the tongue for to answer him nay
 "Rise up, rise up, my pretty Polly
 Rise up and go with me
 And I will take you to North Scotland
 And there you'll married be
 Go fetch you a bag of your father's gold
 And some of your mother's fee
 And two fine horses out of the stable
 Where there stands thirty and three"
 So she's lit upon her nimble-going brown
 He's mounted the dapple-gray
 And when they came to North Scotland
 'Twas just three hours 'til day
 "Light you down, light you down, my pretty Polly
 Light you down, I say to thee
 For six kings' daughters have I drowned here
 And the seventh will surely be thee
 And pull off, pull off your fine gay clothes
 And hang them on yonder tree
 For they are too fine and they cost too much
 To rot in the salt lake sea"
 "Well, then you take a sickle and you cut down the nettles
 That grow so close to the brim
 For I fear they'll tangle my long yellow hair
 And they'll tear my lily-white skin"
 So then he took a sickle and he cut down the nettles
 That grow so close to the brim
 And she's picked him up so skillfully
 And she's pushed the false knight in
 "Lie there, lie there, my false young man
 Lie there in the room of me
 For six kings' daughters have you drowned here
 And the seventh has drowned thee"
 So she's lit upon her nimble-going brown
 And she's lead the dapple-gray
 And when she came to her father's door
 'Twas just three hours 'til day
 "Hush up, hush up, my pretty Polly bird
 And don't you tell tales on me
 Your cage will be made of the very beaten gold
 And the door of the best ivory"
 But then up spoke a fine young man
 In the chamber where he lay
 "What's the matter, what's the matter with my pretty Polly bird?
 You're talking so long before day"
 "Oh There's two black cats at my caging door
 And my life they will betray
 And I'm just calling for my pretty Polly
 To drive those cats away"
 He followed her up and he followed her down
 And into the room where she lay
 She hadn't the strength for to flee from his arms
 Nor the tongue for to answer him nay