LORD SOULIS
She's sworn by tree and by tree's leaf,
By aits and rye and corn,
"Gin ye hadna come the night," she says,
"I had been but dead the morn."
By aits and rye and corn,
"Gin ye hadna come the night," she says,
"I had been but dead the morn."
She's kissed him under the bower-bar
Nine goodly times and ten;
And forth is come that keen wizard
In the middest of his men.
Nine goodly times and ten;
And forth is come that keen wizard
In the middest of his men.
And forth is come that foul wizard,
God give him a curse and care!
Says "the life is one time sweet to have
And the death is three times sair."
God give him a curse and care!
Says "the life is one time sweet to have
And the death is three times sair."
Forth is come that strong wizard,
God give him a heavy day!
Says "ye shall have joy of your leman's body
When April cometh after May."
God give him a heavy day!
Says "ye shall have joy of your leman's body
When April cometh after May."
Between the hill and the wan water
In fields that were full sweet,
There was riding and running together,
And many a man gat red-shod feet.
In fields that were full sweet,
There was riding and running together,
And many a man gat red-shod feet.
Between the wa's and the Hermitage water,
In ways that were waxen red
There was cleaving of caps and shearing of jack,
And many a good man was there dead.
In ways that were waxen red
There was cleaving of caps and shearing of jack,
And many a good man was there dead.
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