MARY HAMILTON. See p [113].
Maidment's North Countrie Garland, p. 19.
Then down cam Queen Marie
Wi' gold links in her hair,
Saying, "Marie mild, where is the child,
That I heard greet sair sair?"
"There was nae child wi' me, madam,5
There was nae child wi' me;
It was but me in a sair cholic,
When I was like to die."
"I'm not deceived," Queen Marie said,
"No, no, indeed, not I!10
So Marie mild, where is the child?
For sure I heard it cry."
She turned down the blankets fine,
Likewise the Holland sheet,
And underneath, there strangled lay15
A lovely baby sweet.
"O cruel mother," said the Queen,
"Some fiend possessed thee;
But I will hang thee for this deed,
My Marie tho' thou be!"20