And thou can’st not have a lodging here.’

“Then the lover began to call a third time, and the husband asked what it was. She said it was the whistling of the wind among the trees, and she sang:—

“‘Begone, begone, my Willy, my Billy!

Begone, my love and my dear.

O the wind is in the West,

And the cuckoo’s in his nest,

So thou can’st not have a lodging here.’

“Again the lover tapped. Then she sprang out of bed, threw open the casement, and sang:—

“‘Begone, begone, my Willy, you silly;

Begone, you fool, yet my dear.