[Roud 396; Laws O25; G/D 5:1056; Henry H474; Ballad Index LO25; Bodleian Roud 396; trad.] [Verse One] Down in Carlisle there lived a lady and she was a beauty fine and gay; She was determined to stay a lady, No man on earth could her betray. Unless it was a man of honour, A man of honour and high degree; And there approached two loving soldiers, This fair young lady for to see.