"..tell to me Tam Lin, she said, how came ye here to dwell
The Queen of Faeries caught me when from my horse I fell
And at the end of seven years she pays a tithe to Hell
I, so fair and full of flesh, am feared it be myself
But tonight is Hallowe'en, and the Faerie Folk ride
Those who would their trueloves win, at Mile's Cross they must hide
First there pass the horses black, and then pass the brown
But quickly run to the white steed and pull the rider down
For I shall ride the White Horse, nearest to the town
That I was an earthly knight, they give me that renown
And they shall turn me in your arms into a Newt or a Snake
But hold me tight, and fear not, and you shall love your Child
And they shall turn me in your arms to a Lion Bold
But hold me and fear not,I am your baby's father
And they shall turn me in your arms to a naked knight
Clothe me in your mantle of green and keep me out of sight
So in the middle of the night, she heard the bridle ring
She heeded what he did say, and Young Tam Lin did win
Then up-spake the Faerie Queen, an angry queen was she
Woe betide her ill-wrought face,an ill death may she die
"Had I known,Tam Lin," she said,"what this night I would see
I'd have looked him in the eye and turned him to a tree!"

-Tam Lin