text: " "Now shame it were " cried good Lord James "Shall never be said of me That I and mine have turn'd aside From the Cross in jeopardie! "Have down have down my merry men all-- Have down unto the plain; We'll let the Scottish lion loose Within the fields of Spain!"-- "Now welcome to me noble lord Thou and thy stalwart power; Dear is the sight of a Christian knight Who comes in such an hour! "Is it for bond or faith ye come Or yet for golden fee? Or bring ye France's lilies here Or the flower of Burgundie?' "God greet thee well thou valiant King Thee and thy belted peers-- Sir James of Douglas am I call'd And these are Scottish spears