"O came you by yon water-side?
Pou'd you the rose or lilly?
Or came you by yon meadow green?
Or saw you my sweet Willy?"
She sought him east, she sought him west,
She sought him braid and narrow;
Syne in the cleaving of a craig,
She found him drown'd in Yarrow.
These stanzas furnished the theme to Logan's Braes of Yarrow.
"O Willie is fair, and Willie is rare,
And Willie is wond'rous bonny;
And Willie says he'll marry me,
Gin ever he marry ony."
"O ye'se get James, or ye'se get George,5
Or ye's get bonny Johnnie;
Ye'se get the flower o' a' my sons,
Gin ye'll forsake my Willie."
"O what care I for James or George,
Or yet for bonny Peter?10
I dinna value their love a leek,
An' I getna Willie the writer."
"O Willie has a bonny hand,
And dear but it is bonny;"
"He has nae mair for a' his land;15
What wou'd ye do wi' Willie?"
"O Willie has a bonny face,
And dear but it is bonny;"
"But Willie has nae other grace;
What wou'd ye do wi' Willie?"20