Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Scotland: Vols. VI–VIII. 1876–79. | | | | Yarrow | | Willy Drowned in Yarrow | | Anonymous |
| | | “WILLY ’s rare, and Willy ’s fair, | |
| And Willy ’s wondrous bonny; | |
| And Willy heght to marry me, | |
| Gin e’er he married ony. | |
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| “Yestreen I made my bed fu’ braid, | 5 |
| This night I ’ll make it narrow; | |
| For a’ the livelang winter night | |
| I ly twined of my marrow. | |
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| “O came you by yon water-side? | |
| Pou’d you the rose or lily? | 10 |
| Or came you by yon meadow green? | |
| Or saw you my sweet Willy?” | |
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| She sought him east, she sought him west, | |
| She sought him braid and narrow; | |
| Syne in the cleaving of a craig, | 15 |
| She found him drowned in Yarrow. | | | | |
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