William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
Bessie Bell and Mary GrayAnonymous
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They war twa bonnie lasses!
They bigget a bower on yon burn-brae,
And theekit it o’er wi’ rashes.
They theekit it o’er wi’ heather;
But the pest cam frae the burrows-town,
And slew them baith thegither.
Amang their noble kin;
But they maun lye in Stronach haugh,
To biek forenent the sin.
They war twa bonnie lasses;
They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae,
And theekit it o’er wi’ rashes.