By solemn oath they swore it,
the noble warriors twain.
But they had toilsome labour,
and grief enough, and pain,
Before the high-born lady
home to the Rhine they brought.
The gallant knights’ achievement
must be with sorrow wrought.
By solemn oath they swore it,
the noble warriors twain.
But they had toilsome labour,
and grief enough, and pain,
Before the high-born lady
home to the Rhine they brought.
The gallant knights’ achievement
must be with sorrow wrought.