25. O he swam high, and he swam low,
And he swam to and fro,

But he couldna spy the hazel-bush
Wad bring him to the brow.

26. He's sunk and he never rase agen
Into the pot sae deep

And up it waken'd May Margaret
Out o' her drowsie sleep.

27. 'Come hither, come here, my mither dear, Read me this dreary dream;

I dream'd my Willie was at our gates,
And nane wad let him in.'-

28. 'Lie still, lie still now, my Meggie:
Lie still and tak' your rest;

Sin' your true-love was at your gates
It's but twa quarters past.'-

29. Nimbly, nimbly rase she up,
And nimbly put she on;

And the higher that the lady cried,
The louder blew the win'.

30. The firstan step that she stept in, She steppit to the queet:

'Ohon, alas!' said that lady,

This water's wondrous deep.'

31. The neistan step that she stept in,
She waded to the knee;

Says she, 'I cou'd wade farther in,
If I my love cou'd see.'

32. The neistan step that she wade in,
She waded to the chin;

The deepest pot in Clyde's water
She got sweet Willie in.

33. 'Ye've had a cruel mither, Willie!
And I have had anither;

But we sall sleep in Clyde's water
Like sister an' like brither.'

ANNAN WATER

I. ANNAN water's wading deep,

And my love Annie's wondrous bonny; And I am laith she suld weet her feet, Because I love her best of ony.

2. 'Gar saddle me the bonny black,

Gar saddle sune, and make him ready;
For I will down the Gatehope-Slack,
And all to see my bonny ladye.'

3. He has loupen on the bonny black,
He stirr'd him wi' the spur right sairly;

But, or he wan the Gatehope-Slack,
I think the steed was wae and weary.

4. He has loupen on the bonny grey,

He rade the right gate and the ready;
I trow he would neither stint nor stay,
For he was seeking his bonny ladye.

5. O he has ridden o'er field and fell,

Through muir and moss, and mony a mire: spurs o' steel were sair to bide,

His

And frae her fore-feet flew the fire.

6. 'Now, bonny grey, now play your part! Gin ye be the steed that wins my deary, Wi' corn and hay ye'se be fed for aye, sall make you wearie.'

And never spur

7. The grey was a mare, and a right good mare; But when she wan the Annan water,

She couldna hae ridden a furlong mair,
Had a thousand merks been wadded at her.

8. 'O boatman, boatman, put off your boat!
Put off your boat for gowden money!
I cross the drumly stream the night,
Or never mair I see my honey.'-

9. 'O I was sworn sae late yestreen,

And not by ae aith, but by many;

And for a' the gowd in fair Scotland,
I dare na take ye through to Annie.'-

10. The side was stey, and the bottom deep,
Frae bank to brae the water pouring;

And the bonny grey mare did sweat for fear,
For she heard the water-kelpy roaring.

II. O he has pu'd aff his dapperpy coat,
The silver buttons glanced bonny;
The waistcoat bursted aff his breast,
He was sae full of melancholy.

12. He has ta'en the ford at that stream tail;
I wot he swam both strong and steady,
But the stream was broad, and his strength
did fail,

And he never saw his bonny ladye!

13. O wae betide the frush saugh wand!
And wae betide the bush of brier!

It brake into my true love's hand,
When his strength did fail, and his limbs
did tire.

14. 'And wae betide ye, Annan Water,

This night that ye are a drumlie river!
For over thee I'll build a bridge,

That ye never more true love may sever.'

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RARE WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW

I. 'WILLY's rare, and Willy's fair,

And Willy's wondrous bonny;
And Willy heght to marry me,
Gin e'er he marryd ony.

2. 'Yestreen I made my bed fu' braid,
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 braid and narrow;

Sine, in the clifting of a craig,

She found him drown'd in Yarrow.

THE DUKE OF GORDON'S DAUGHTER

1. The Duke of Gordon had three daughters,
Elizabeth, Marg❜ret and Jean;

They would not stay in bonny Castle
Gordon,

But they went to bonny Aberdeen.