Francis James Child

“ And ye’ll gar him cry your dead lyke-wake.’
Then he gae the principal bellman a groat,
He bade him cry his dead lyke-wake.
This maiden she stood till she heard it a’,
And down frae her cheeks the tears did fa.
She is hame to her father’s ain bower:
‘I’ll gang to yon lyke-wake ae single hour.’
‘Ye must take with you your ain brither John;
It’s not meet for maidens to venture alone.’
‘I’ll not take with me my brither John,
But I’ll gang along, myself all alone.’
When she came to young Willie’s yate,
His seven brithers were standing thereat. ”

“ And gae him kisses three;
Then he lookd up into her face,
The blythe blink in his ee.
O then he started to his feet,
And thus to her said he:
Fair Annie, since we’re met again,
Parted nae mair we’se be. ”