Francis James Child

“ O WE were seven bonny sisters,
As fair women as fair could be,
And some got lairds, and some got lords,
And some got knights o high degree:
When I was married to Earl Crawford,
This was the fate befell to me. ”

“ And I mysel got the Earl o Crawford,
And wasna that a great match for me!
It was at fifteen that I was married,
And at sixteen I had a son;
And wasna that an age ower tender
For a lady to hae her first-born! ”

“ But ere the morning sun appeard
This fine lord was dead and gane.
Then on ae night this couple died,
And baith were buried in ae tomb:
Let this a warning be to all,
Their pride may not bring them low down. ”