1.1 ‘silly,’ simple.
1.4 ‘lair,’ lying-in.
When we were silly sisters seven,
Sisters were so fair,
Five of us were brave knights’ wives,
And died in childbed lair.
2.
2.4 ‘gate,’ way.
Up then spake Fair Mary,
Marry woud she nane;
1.1 ‘silly,’ simple.
1.4 ‘lair,’ lying-in.
When we were silly sisters seven,
Sisters were so fair,
Five of us were brave knights’ wives,
And died in childbed lair.
2.
2.4 ‘gate,’ way.
Up then spake Fair Mary,
Marry woud she nane;