“A lord’s lady is dead,” an old woman said,

“And some call her Lady Nancy-cy-cy,

And some call her Lady Nancy.”

So he ordered the grave to be opened wide,

And the shroud to be turned down;

And there he kissed her clay-cold lips,

Till the tears came trickling down, down, down,

Till the tears came trickling down.

Lady Nancy she died as it might be to-day,

Lord Lovel he died as to-morrow;