Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Volume 2 (of 3) / Consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, Collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland; with a Few of Modern Date, Founded Upon Local Tradition

by Walter Scott

"And lay it on my breast;

"And shed a tear upon my grave,

"And wish my saul gude rest.

"And fair Marg'ret, and rare Marg'ret,

"And Marg'ret o' veritie,

"Gin ere ye love another man,

"Ne'er love him as ye did me."

Then up and crew the milk-white cock,

And up and crew the gray;

Her lover vanish'd in the air,