O Mary, O Mary, your true love's not slain,
The king sends you a letter to turn round again.
[58]
Eh! la clinquet (?) de lettres, que nouvelle est celle-ci?
Eh! ce sont des nouvelles qu'il faut changer d'ami.
[59] Or, "Three gold wishes, three good kisses, and a slice of ginger!"
[60] Or, "strong."
[61] Or, "king's daughter," "queen's daughter."
[62] See French ballad referred to in the Appendix.
[63] Or, "King George's son." For convenience sake, the last couplet of the first version is printed with the melody.
For if my mother should chance to know,
She'd make my blood to fall.—Version of Sir Egerton Brydges.