Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Yarrow | | The Flower of Yarrow | | Anonymous |
| | | O, MARY ’s red, and Mary ’s white, | |
| And Mary she ’s the king’s delight; | |
| The king’s delight and the prince’s marrow, | |
| Mary Scott, the flower of Yarrow. | |
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| When I look east, my heart grows sair; | 5 |
| But when I look west, it ’s mair and mair; | |
| And when I look to the banks of Yarrow, | |
| There I mind my winsome marrow. | |
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| Now she ’s gone to Edinburgh town, | |
| To buy braw ribbons to tie her gown; | 10 |
| She ’s bought them broad, and laid them narrow,— | |
| Mary Scott is the flower of Yarrow. | | | | |
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