Child Ballads - Lyrics

Child 11
The Cruel Brother
Version E

Notes and Queries, 4th S., V, 105. From Forfarshire, W.F.

1	There were three sisters playin at the ba, Wi a hech hey an a lillie gay There cam a knicht an lockt ower the wa'. An the primrose springs sae sweetly. Sing Annet, an Marret, an fair Maisrie, An the dew hangs i the wood, gay ladie.

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