He has ta’en her in his arms twa, lo, lifted her cannie,
He has thrown her out owre-board, his ain dear Annie.
XVI
[The corse it did float, the ship it did follow]
Until that they came to the high banks o’ Yarrow[198].
XVII
‘O I’d bury my love on the high banks o’ Yarrow,
But the wood it is dear, and the planks they are narrow.’
XVIII
He made his love a coffin o’ the gowd sae yellow,
And buried his bonnie love doun in a sea valley.
FOOTNOTES:
[196] cannie = gently.
[197] fey = destined to die.