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FAIR MARGARET AND SWEET WILLIAM—C
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.’
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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.
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‘Oh is Fair Margaret in the kitchen?Or is she in the hall?
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‘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.’
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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.
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