Till in the clintin of a craig

She found him drownd in Yarrow.

2

She’s taen three links of her yellow hair,

That hung down lang and yellow,

And she’s tied it about sweet Willie’s waist,

An drawn him out o Yarrow.


C

Gibb MS., No 7, p. 37; from recitation. “Traced to Eppie Fraser, daughter of a tramp, and unable to read, circa 1840.”