G.
a. Herd's MSS, I, 41. b. Herd's Scottish Songs, 1776, I, 88.
1
There was three ladys in a ha,
Fine flowers i the valley
There came three lords amang them a',
Wi the red, green, and the yellow
2
The first of them was clad in red:
'O lady fair, will you be my bride?'
3
The second of them was clad in green:
'O lady fair, will you be my queen?'
4
The third of them was clad in yellow:
'O lady fair, will you be my marrow?'
5
'You must ask my father dear,
Likewise the mother that did me bear.'
6
'You must ask my sister Ann,
And not forget my brother John,'
7
'I have askt thy father dear,
Likewise thy mother that did thee bear.
8
'I have askt thy sister Ann,
But I forgot thy brother John.'