19 He set the hilte against the ground,
And the point against his heart;
There was never three lovers that ever met
More sooner they did depart.
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Jamieson's Popular Ballads, I, 22, from the recitation of Mrs W. Arrot, of Aberbrothick, as learned by her when a child from an elderly maid-servant.
1 Sweet Willie and Fair Annie
Sat a' day on a hill,
And though they had sitten seven year,
They neer wad had their fill.
2 Sweet Willie said a word in haste,
And Annie took it ill:
'I winna wed a tocherless maid,
Against my parents' will.'
3 'Ye're come o the rich, Willie,
And I'm come o the poor;
I'm oer laigh to be your bride,
And I winna be your whore.'
4 O Annie she's gane till her bower,
And Willie down the den,
And he's come till his mither's bower,
By the lei light o the moon.
5 'O sleep ye, wake ye, mither?' he says,
'Or are ye the bower within?'
'I sleep richt aft, I wake richt aft;
What want ye wi me, son?
6 'Whare hae ye been a' night, Willie?
O wow, ye've tarried lang!'
'I have been courtin Fair Annie,
And she is frae me gane.