And ay she sat in her mother's bower door,

And ay she made her mane,

"Oh whether should I gang to the Broomfield hill,

"Or should I stay at hame?

"For if I gang to the Broomfield hill,

"My maidenhead is gone;

"And if I chance to stay at hame,

"My love will ca' me mansworn."

Up then spake a witch woman,

Ay from the room aboon;