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T35165 AS it fell out upon a day, / Two lovers they set on a hill; Roxburghe Ballads Editor None None None None Information in this section of the Source Description refers to the original ballad manuscript. 3: 342 3: 343 Fair Margaret's Misfortunes; / OR, / Sweet William's Dream on his Wedding Night / With the sudden Death and Burial of those noble Lovers. Fair Margaret’s Misfortunes; OR, Sweet William’s Dream on his Wedding Night With the sudden Death and Burial of those noble Lovers. Fair Margaret’s Misfortunes; OR, Sweet William’s Dream on his Wedding Night With the sudden Death and Burial of those noble Lovers. 1763-1763

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AS it fell out upon a day, Two lovers they set on a hill; They set together a long summers day, And could not take their fill. I see no harm by you Margaret, And you see none by me; Before to-morrow at eight oclock A rich wedding you shall see. Fair Margaret set in her bower window, A combing of her hair; And there she espyd Sweet William and bride, As they were a riding near.
Down she laid her ivory comb, And up she bound her hair; She went away forth from the bower, But never more came there. When day was gone, and night was come And all men fast asleep, There came the spirit of fair Margaret, And stood at Williams bed-feet. God give you Joy you true lovers, In bride-bed fast asleep; Lo! I am going to my green-grass Grove, And I am in my winding-sheet.
When day was come, and night was gone And all men wakd from sleep; Sweet William to his Lady said, My dear Ive cause to weep. I dreamd a dream, my dear lady, Such dreams are never good; I dreamd thy bower was full of red swine And my bride-bed full of blood. Such dreams, such dreams my honour-ed Sir, They never do prove good; To dream thy bower was full of swine, And thy bride-bed full of blood. He called his merry men all, By one, by two, and by three; Saying, Ill away to Fair Margarets Bower, By the leave of my Lady. And when he came to Fair Margarets Bower, He knocked at the ring; So ready were her Seven Brethren To let Sweet William in. The he turnd up the covering sheet, Pray let me see the dead, Methinks she looks both pale and van, She has lost her cherry red. Ill do no more for thee Margaret, Than any of thy kin; For I will kiss thy pale van lips, Tho a smile I cannot win. With that bespoke the seven brethren, Making most piteous moan,
You may go kiss your jolly brown dame, And let our sister alone. If I do kiss my jolly brown dame, I do but what is right; For I made no vow to your sister dear, By day nor yet by night. Pray tell me then how much youll deal, Of white bread and your wine? So much as is dealt at her Funeral To-day, To morrow shall be dealt at mine. Fair Margaret dyd To-day, To-day, Sweet William he dyd the morrow; Fair Margaret dyd for pure true-love, Sweet William he dyd for sorrow. Margaret was buryd in the Lower Chancel, And William in the higher; Out of her breast there sprang a Rose, And out of his a briar. They grew as high as the church top, Till they could grow no higher; And there they grew in a True Lovers Knot, That made all people admire. Then came the clerk of the parish, As you this truth shall hear, And by misfortune cut them down, Or they had now been there.
Printed and Sold in Aldermary Church- Yard, Bow-Lane, London.