A is translated by Grundtvig, Engelske og skotske Folkeviser, p. 22, No 3.
A
Jamieson's Popular Ballads, II, 44, from Mrs Brown's recitation.
1 O Willie's large o limb and lith,
And come o high degree,
And he is gane to Earl Richard,
To serve for meat and fee.
2 Earl Richard had but ae daughter,
Fair as a lily-flower,
And they made up their love-contract
Like proper paramour.
3 It fell upon a simmer's nicht,
Whan the leaves were fair and green,
That Willie met his gay ladie
Intil the wood alane.
4 'O narrow is my gown, Willie,
That wont to be sae wide;
And gane is a' my fair colour,
That wont to be my pride.
5 'But gin my father should get word
What's past between us twa,
Before that he should eat or drink,
He'd hang you oer that wa.
6 'But ye'll come to my bower, Willie,
Just as the sun gaes down,
And kep me in your arms twa,
And latna me fa down.'