Oh I forbid you, maidens a'
that wear gowd on your hair
to come or gae by Carterhaugh
for young Tam Lin is there
Janet has kilted her green kirtle
a little bit aboon her knee
and she has broded her yellow hair
a little aboon her bree
O tell me, please, Tam Lin she says
how did you come here to the fee
why did you live in Caterhaugh
why are you not to be free
The Queen o Fairies she caught me
in yonder green hill to dwell
and pleasant is the fairy land
but an eerie tale to tell
But the night is Halloween, lady
the morning that is Hallowday
then win me, win me, an ye will
for weel I wat ye may
About the middle of the night
she heard so clear the bridles ring
this lady was as glad at that
as any earthly thing
At first she let the black pass by
and syne she also let the brown
but quickly she ran to the milk-white steed
and pu'd the rider down.
They'll turn the arms of Tam Lin quick
to an adder and a snake
she hold him fast, don't let him gae
to be a warldly mate
And last they truly turned his arms
into the crackling burning gleed
she throw him into well water
she throw him in with speed
Out then the Queen o Fairies spak
out of a blooming bush o broom
them that has gotten young Tam Lin
has gotten a stately groom

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