To wish her lover good speed.
Her voice rings true as a bell. Miss Salome smiles at the eager little face.
“Now where are you going, Lord Lovell?” she said,
“Now where are you going?” said she.
“I’m going away, dear Nancy Bell,
Strange countries for to see-ye-ye,
Strange countries for to see!”
She carries them through fateful verses and unconsciously softens and saddens her voice at the woful ending, where
They buried the lady in the nave of the church,