"What would ye give to your mother, dear?"

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay.

"My wedding shift which I do wear,"

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

"But she must wash it very clean,"

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay,

"For my heart's blood sticks in every seam,"

As the primrose spreads so sweetly.

"What would ye give to your sister Anne?"

With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay.