Francis T. Palgrave, ed. (1824–1897). The Golden Treasury. 1875.
Anonymous CXXVIII. Willie Drowned in YarrowD
Where bonnie grows the lily,
I heard a fair maid sighing say,
“My wish be wi’ sweet Willie!
And Willie’s wondrous bonnie;
And Willie hecht to marry me,
Gin e’er he married ony.
From where my Love repaireth,
Convey a kiss frae his dear mouth,
And tell me how he fareth!
And hear the mavis singing,
And see the birds on ilka bush
And leaves around them hinging.
And gentle throat sae narrow;
There’s sport eneuch for gentlemen
On Leader haughs and Yarrow.
And Yarrow haughs are bonnie;
There Willie hecht to marry me,
If e’er he married ony.
And does not hear me weeping;
Draws many a tear frae true love’s e’e
When other maids are sleeping.
The night I’ll mak’ it narrow,
For a’ the livelang winter night
Pou’d you the rose or lily?
Or came you by yon meadow green,
Or saw you my sweet Willie?”
She sought him braid and narrow;
Syne, in the cleaving of a craig,
She found him drown’d in Yarrow!