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[00:21.700]Willie sits in his stable door,
[00:23.700]and he's combing his coal black steed.
[00:26.700]He's doubting on fair Margaret's love,
[00:28.700]and his heart begins to bleed.
[00:31.700]"Give corn unto my horse,mother,
[00:34.700]and meat to my man,john.
[00:36.700]And I'll away to fair Margaret's bower
[00:39.700]before the night comes on."
[00:41.700]"Stay at home with me,dear Willie.
[00:44.700]Oh stay at home with me,
[00:46.700]and the very best cock in all the roost
[00:49.700]your own supper will be."
[00:51.700]"For all your cocks and all your roosts,I value not a pin.
[00:56.700]And I'll away to fair Margaret's bower
[00:58.700]before the night comes in."
[01:01.700]"Well if you go to fair Margaret's bower
[01:04.700]Without the leave of me.
[01:06.700]In the deepest part of the Clyde water,
[01:09.700]then drowned you will be."
[01:11.700]"Oh,the good steed that I ride upon,
[01:14.700]cost me thrice thirty pounds.
[01:16.700]And I'll put trust in his swift feed
[01:18.700]to take me safe and sound."
[01:21.700]He's ridden o'er yon high,high hill,
[01:23.700]and down yon dowey den.
[01:26.700]And the rushin' in of the Clyde water
[01:28.700]woukd fear five hundred men.
[01:30.700]"Oh,roaring Clyde,you roar so loud,
[01:33.700]your steams are wondrous stong.
[01:35.700]Make me a wreck as I come back,
[01:38.700]but spare me as I'm gone."
[02:00.700]When he's got to fair Margate's bower,
[02:02.700]he's turled low on the pin.
[02:05.700]"Rise up,rise up me May Margaret,
[02:07.700]rise up and let me in."
[02:10.699]"Oh,who is this at me bower door
[02:12.699]Calling May Margaret's name?"
[02:15.699]"Oh,it's only your first love,little William
[02:17.699]this night come to her home.
[02:21.699]Open your gates this night,oh open and let me in.
[02:25.699]For my boots are full of the Clybe,
[02:28.699]and I'm frozen to the skin.
[02:30.699]"My barns are full of corn,Willie,
[02:33.699]and my stable's full of hay,
[02:35.699]my bower's full of gentlemen
[02:37.699]and they won't remove 'till day."
[02:39.699]"Fare thee well to you May Margaret,
[02:43.699]fare thee well and adieu.
[02:45.699]For I have earned my mother's own curse
[02:47.699]by coming this night to you."
[02:50.699]He's ridden o'er yon high,high hill,
[02:52.699]and down yon dowey den.
[02:55.699]And the rushing in of the Clyde water
[02:57.699]took Willie's hat from him.
[03:00.699]He's leaned him over his saddle bow
[03:02.699]to catch his hat again .
[03:05.699]And the rushing in of the Clyde water
[03:08.699]took Willie's cane from him.
[03:10.699]He's leaned him over his saddle bow
[03:12.699]to catch his cane by force.
[03:14.699]And the rushing in of the Clyde water
[03:16.699]took Willie from his horse.
[03:29.699]The very hour this young man sank
[03:31.699]into the part so deep.
[03:33.699]Up and awoke Miss May Margaret
[03:36.699]out from her dreary sleep.
[03:38.699]"Come here,come here,me mother dear,
[03:40.699]and read to me my dream,
[03:43.699]I dreamt my love was at our gate
[03:45.699]and no one let him in."
[03:48.699]"Lie there,lie there,me May Margaret,
[03:50.699]lie there and take your rest.
[03:52.699]For since your love was at our gate
[03:55.699]it's but two quarters past."
[03:57.699]Nimbly,nimbly rose she up unto the water's brim.
[04:00.699]And the louder that this young girl cried,
[04:04.699]the louder grew the wind.
[04:07.699]The very first step that she went in.
[04:09.699]She's up into her feet.
[04:12.699]And it's "Oh and alas!" this young girl cried,
[04:14.699]"Your water's wondrous deep."
[04:16.699]Oh the very next step that she went in,
[04:19.699]she's up unto her knees,
[04:21.699]Cried she, "I would go farther in,
[04:24.699]if I my true lover could see."
[04:27.699]The very next step that she went in,
[04:28.699]she's up unto her chin.
[04:31.699]In the deepest part of the Clyde water,
[04:33.699]she's found sweet William in.
[04:35.699]Saying you have had a cruel mother Willie,
[04:38.699]and I have had another.
[04:40.699]And now we'll sleep in the Clyde water,
[04:42.699]like sister and like brother.
[04:51.699]and I have had another.
[04:53.699]And now we'll sleep in the Clyde water,
[04:55.699]like sister and like brother.