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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
"RARE WILLIE DROWNED IN YARROW, OR, THE WATER O GAMRIE", by ANONYMOUS
First Line: "willy's rare, and willy's fair"
Last Line: She found him drown'd in yarrow
Subject(s): "drowning;yarrow (water), Scotland;
First Line: "willy's rare, and willy's fair"
Last Line: She found him drown'd in yarrow
Subject(s): "drowning;yarrow (water), Scotland;
I
"WILLY'S rare, and Willy's fair,
And Willy's wondrous bonny;
And Willy heght to marry me,
Gin e'er he marryd ony.
II
"Yestreen I made my bed fu' braid
The night I'll make it narrow,
For a' the live-long winter's night
I lie twin'd of my marrow.
III
"O came you by yon water-side?
Pu'd you the rose or lily?
Or came you by yon meadow green?
Or saw you my sweet Willy?"
IV
She sought him east, she sought him west,
She sought him braid and narrow;
Sine, in the clifting of a craig,
She found him drown'd in Yarrow.
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