Francis James Child

“ Then she lighted and corned her horse.
‘What will ye leave your father dear?’
‘My milk-white steed, which cost me dear.’
‘What will ye leave your mother dear?’
‘The bludy clothes that I do wear.’
‘What will ye leave your sister Ann?’
‘My silver bridle and my golden fan.’
‘What will ye leave your brother John?’
‘The gallows-tree to hang him on.’
‘What will ye leave to your sister Pegg?’
‘The wide world for to go and beg.’
When she came to yon kirk-style,
Then she lay down, and soon was weel. ”

“ The three young knights then rode away,
And the ladies they laughed, and went back to their play.
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Singing, etc.
There were three ladies playing at the ba,
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With a hey and a lilly gay
When the King o Fairies rode by them a’.
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And the roses they grow sweetlie
The foremost one was clad in blue ”