FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM—C
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Communicated to Percy by Rev. P. Parsons, of Wye,
April 7, 1770.
1
As Margaret stood at her window so clear,
A combing back her hair,
She saw Sweet William and his gay bride
Unto the church draw near.
2
Then down she threw her ivory comb,
She turned back her hair;
There was a fair maid at that window,
She's gone, she'll come no more there.
3
In the night, in the middle of the night,
When all men were asleep,
There walkd a ghost, Fair Margaret's ghost,
And stood at his bed's feet.
4
Sweet William he dremed a dream, and he said,
‘I wish it prove for good;
My chamber was full of wild men's wine,
And my bride-bed stood in blood.’
5
Then he calld up his stable-groom,
To saddle his nag with speed:
‘This night will I ride to Fair Margaret's bowr,
With the leave of my lady.
6
‘Oh is Fair Margaret in the kitchen?
Or is she in the hall?
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7
‘No, she is not in the kitchen,’ they cryed,
‘Nor is she in the hall;
But she is in the long chamber,
Laid up against the wall.’
8
Go with your right side to Newcastle,
And come with your left side home,
There you will see those two lovers
Lie printed on one stone.
