31 'Clear, clear is your day, Willie, But brown, brown is your bride; Clear, clear is her lawn curches, But weel dunned is her hide.' 32 'Where got ye yon water, Annie, That has made you so white?' 'I got it in my father's garden, Below yon hollan dyke. 33 'But ye hae been washed i the moss water, An rocked in the reek; Ye hae been brunt in your mither's wame, An ye will neer be white.' 34 'Whatna fool were ye, Willie, To lay your love on me; She's mair gowd on her heid this day Than I'll wear till I die!' 35 'I've laid nae love on you, brown may, I've laid nae love on you; I've mair love for Fair Annie this day Than I'll hae for you till I dee.' * * * * * * * 36 'If you will neither eat nor drink, You'll see good game an play;' But she turned her horse head to the hill, An swift she rode away. * * * * * * * 37 When they were all at supper set, . . . . . . . Till he went to Fair Annie's bower, By the ley licht o the mune. 38 An when he came to Annie's bower, Annie was lying deid, An seven o Annie's sisters an sisters' bairns Were sewing at Annie's weed. 39 'It's I will take your hand, Annie, Since ye wald neer take mine; The woman shall never have the hand That I'll touch after thine. 40 'An I will kiss your mouth, Annie, Since ye will never kiss mine; The woman shall never have the lips That I'll kiss after thine. * * * * * * * 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 'As much breid ye deal at Annie's dairgie Tomorrow ye's deal at mine.' * * * * * #A.# "Some traditionary copies of the ballad have this stanza, which is the 19th in order: And four and twenty milk-white swans, Wi their wings stretchd out wide, To blaw the stour aff the highway, To let Fair Annie ride." (Motherwell's Minstrelsy, p. lxviii, 19.) _Compare_ 'Lord Ingram and Chiel Wyet,' #C# 22. #C.# 6^3, 10^3. silk. 13^1. The maidens. #D. a.# A Tragical Story of Lord Thomas and Fair Ellinor. Together with the downfall of the Brown Girl. 3^4. And bring. 9^1. many of your. 9^4, 12^1. Thomas his. 10^4. Thomas's his. 15^3. But betwixt. #b.# A Tragical Ballad on the unfortunate Love of Lord Thomas and fair Ellinor, together with the Downfal of the Brown Girl. 1^3. a fine. 2^3. marry with. 3^1. land. 3^4. Bring me. 4^1. As it. 4^2. many more did. 6^4. for thee. 7^4. bridegroom.