‘My bonny Sir Hew, my pretty Sir Hew,

I pray thee to me speik:’

‘O lady, rinn to the deip draw-well,

Gin ye your sonne wad seik.’

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Lady Helen ran to the deip draw-well,

And knelt upon her kne:

‘My bonny Sir Hew, an ye be here,

I pray thee speik to me.’

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