9 'Ride on, ride on,' said the next man, 'For lo! the bride she comes bleeding on.' * * * * * * * 10 'What will you leave your mother dear?' 'My heart's best love for ever and aye.' 11 'What will ye leave your sister Anne?' 'This wedding garment that I have on.' 12 'What will ye leave your brother John's wife?' 'Grief and sorrow all the days of her life.' 13 'What will ye leave your brother John?' 'The highest gallows to hang him on.' 14 'What will ye leave your brother John's son?' 'The grace of God to make him a man.' K Notes and Queries, 4th S., IV, 517, as "sung in Cheshire amongst the people" in the last century. T. W. 1 There were three ladies playing at ball, Gilliver, Gentle, and Rosemary There came three knights and looked over the wall. Sing O the red rose and the white lilly 2 The first young knight, he was clothed in red, And he said, 'Gentle lady, with me will you wed?' 3 The second young knight, he was clothed in blue, And he said, 'To my love I shall ever be true.' 4 The third young knight, he was clothed in green, And he said, 'Fairest maiden, will you be my queen?' 5 The lady thus spoke to the knight in red, 'With you, sir knight, I never can wed.' 6 The lady then spoke to the knight in blue, And she said, 'Little faith I can have in you.' 7 The lady then spoke to the knight in green, And she said, ''T is at court you must seek for a queen.' 8 The three young knights then rode away, And the ladies they laughed, and went back to their play. Singing, etc. * * * * * #A. b.# 6^2. oer young. 10^2. spear at. 17^2. the bonny. 19^1. said. 23^1. And what will ye. 25^1. This fair lady. 25^2. And a mass. _Variations of Aytoun's copy, sts. 9-13, 16, 17, 20-24: 11^1 omits ~And~; 12^1, 13^1 omit ~dear~; 13^2 omits ~And~; 16^1, ~through half~ for ~half thro~; 17^2 omits ~For, bonny~; 21^2, ~pearlin~ for ~silken~; 22^1 omits ~And~; 22^2, ~My silken gown that stands its lane~; 23^2, ~shirt~ for ~cloaths~; 24^1, ~And what~; 24^2, ~The gates o hell to let him in~._ #B.# "I have seen a fragment of another copy in which [the burden is] The red rose and the lily And the roses spring fu sweetly." _Kinloch_, p. 19. #F.# 9^1. For on the road. #G. a.# 1. _Burden^2. ~The red, green~, etc.: afterwards, ~Wi the red~, etc._ 2^2. _MS. also_, He askt of me if I'd be his bride. 3^2. _MS. also_, He askt of me if I'd be his queen. 4^2. _MS. also_, He askt me if I'd be his marrow. 15^2. _MS. also_, The gold and silver that I have here. 16^2. _MS. also_, The silken garment.