"What will you leave to your mother dear?"85
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;
"My velvet pall and silken gear,"
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
"And what will ye leave to your sister Ann?"
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;90
"My silken scarf, and my golden fan,"
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
"What will ye leave to your sister Grace?"
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;
"My bloody cloaths to wash and dress,"95
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
"What will ye leave to your brother John?"
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;
"The gallows-tree to hang him on,"
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.100
"What will ye leave to your brother John's wife?"
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;
"The wilderness to end her life,"
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
This fair lady in her grave was laid,105
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;
And a mass was o'er her said,
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.
But it would have made your heart right sair,
With a heigh-ho! and a lily gay;110
To see the bridegroom rive his hair,
As the primrose spreads so sweetly.