Child Ballads - Lyrics

1

'Willy' rare, and Willy' fair,
And Willy' wondrous bony,
And Willy marry ,
Gin he marryd .

2

'Yestreen made my bed fu brade,
The night I'll narrow,
For the -long ' night
lie 'd my .

3

'O came you yon ?
Pu'd you rose lilly?
Or came you yon meadow green?
Or you my sweet Willy?'

4

She east, she ,
She brade narrow;
Sine, in clifting a craig,
She drownd Yarrow.

1	'Willy's rare, and Willy's fair, And Willy's wondrous bony, And Willy heght to marry me, Gin eer he marryd ony.
2	'Yestreen I made my bed fu brade, The night I'll make it narrow, For a' the live-long winter's night I lie twin'd of my marrow.
3	'O came you by yon water-side? Pu'd you the rose or lilly? Or came you by yon meadow green? Or saw you my sweet Willy?'
4	She sought him east, she sought him west, She sought him brade and narrow; Sine, in the clifting of a craig, She found him drownd in Yarrow.