305. B. The following, a variety of B, is from the papers of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, “second collection,” p. 6.
1
Word has come to May Young Ro,
In her bower where she sat,
‘You’r bidden come to good green wood
And sew your love a shirt.’
2
‘I wonder much,’ said May Young Roe,
‘Such word is come to me;
Ther’s not a month throwout this year