a. Baring-Gould's Appendix to Henderson's Notes on the Folk Lore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders, 1866, p. 333, Yorkshire. b. Notes and Queries, Sixth Series, X, 354, 1884.
1 'Stop, stop! ...
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I think I see my mother coming,
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2 'Oh mother, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
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3 'I've neither brought thy golden ball,
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'
4 'Stop, stop! ...
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I think I see my father coming,
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5 'O father, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
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6 'I've neither brought thy golden ball,
Nor come to set thee free,
But I have come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'
7 'Stop, stop! ...
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I see my sweet-heart coming,
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8 'Sweet-heart, hast brought my golden ball,
And come to set me free?
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9 'Aye, I have brought thy golden ball,
And come to set thee free;
I have not come to see thee hung,
Upon this gallows-tree.'