The wind doth blow to-day, my love,

And a few small drops of rain.

I never had but one true love—

In the cold grave she was lain.

I 'll do as much for my true love

As any young man may,

I 'll sit and mourn all at her grave

For a twelvemonth and a day.

The twelvemonth and a day being up,

The dead began to speak: