“GIRL O’ MINE”
(Variant)
“Girl o’ mine,
Give my horse a drink!”
“Not yet am I your wife.
Were that my lot in life
My widra[[61]] from the spring
Cold water then would bring.”
“Girl o’ mine,
Get up behind this horse!
Ride we at swiftest gait!
Rooms in my house await.
The guest-room, O so fine!
Shall couch this girl o’ mine.
Girl o’ mine,
My horse needs better guard!”
“Ah, but the road is hard;
The dew’s on the grass yet,
My bare feet would get wet.”
“My coat around your feet
Shall keep them warm, my sweet.
And when God wills, I’ll buy
New shoon to keep them dry.”
“Nay, buy no shoes for me—
Your own might better be.
There’s one likes my feet bare—
Now run and catch your mare!”