I
As it fell out on a long summer’s day,
Two lovers they sat on a hill:
They sat together that long summer’s day,
And could not talk their fill.
II
‘I see no harm by you, Margaret,
Nor you see none by me;
Before to-morrow eight o’clock
A rich wedding shall you see.’
III
Fair Margaret sat in her bower-window
Combing her yellow hair,
She saw Sweet William and his brown bride
Unto the church draw near.
IV
Then down she laid her ivory comb,
And up she bound her hair;
She went out from her bower alive
But alive never more came there.
V
When day was gone, and night was come,
And all men fast asleep,
Came in the ghost of fair Margaret,
And stood at William’s feet.