O lady mother, my heart is very sick:

Quick for the doctor send;

Alas, alas, that I should have to die.

"Wherefore the doctor call?

My son beloved, blooming, and gentle bred,

Wherefore the doctor call?"

"That he may visit me;

O lady mother, my heart is very sick:

That he may visit me;

Alas, alas, that I should have to die."