Francis James Child

“ Communicated by Miss Margaret Reburn, as current in County Meath, Ireland, .
SHE served them up, she served them down,
She served them up with wine,
But still she drank the clear spring water,
To keep her color fine. ”

“ Motherwell's MS., p. ; Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. . From the recitation of Mrs Rule, Paisley, August 16, .
'LEARN to mak your bed, Annie,
And learn to lie your lane,
For I maun owre the salt seas gang,
A brisk bride to bring hame.
'Bind up, bind up your yellow hair,
And tye it in your neck,
And see you look as maiden-like
As the first day that we met.'
'O how can I look maiden-like,
When a maid I'll never be ”

“ Jamieson's Popular Ballads, II, , from the recitation of Mrs Arrot, of Aberbrothick.
THERE livd a lord on yon sea-side,
And he thought on a wile,
How he would go over the saut sea
A lady to beguile. ”