The Ballads and Songs of Yorkshire / Transcribed from Private Manuscripts, Rare Broadsides, and Scarce Publications; with Notes and a Glossary

by Unknown

Nay, though thou wert dead, I'le love thee!

"And all contents I'le give thee,

So that thou wilt live with me;

My life and all I'le loose,

Ere I my love abuse,

And all my rich kith unto me."

As Willy thus was talking,

The shepherd's eyes were walking;

Each legge and each limbe,

So tricked, so trim,