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SWEET WILLIAM'S GHOST—G

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Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, III, 183, ed. 1833, the last three stanzas.

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1

But plait a wand o bonny birk,
And lay it on my breast,
And shed a tear upon my grave,
And wish my saul gude rest.

2

‘And fair Margret, and rare Margret,
And Margret o veritie,
Gin eer ye love another man,
Neer love him as ye did me.’

3

Then up and crew the milk-white cock,
And up and crew the grey;
The lover vanishd in the air,
And she gaed weeping away.