Essays in the Study of Folk-Songs (1886)

by contessa Evelyn Lilian Hazeldine Carrington Martinengo-Cesaresco

A nun of orders grey.

—If thou wilt be a nun professed,

A nun of orders grey,

Then I will be the prior, and thou

To me thy sins must say.

—If thou wilt be the prior, and I

To thee my sins must say,

Then will I sleep among the dead,

While the sisters weep and pray.

—If thou wilt sleep among the dead,