Child's, The English And Scottish Ballads

Volume 2 of 8 from 1860 edition

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	270 THE CEUEL MOTHER. Bonnie were the twa boys she did bear— is Down, by the greenwud sae bonnie. But out she's tane a little penknife— All alone, and alonie ; And she's parted them and their sweet life— Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie. 20 She's aff unto her father's ha'— All alone, and alonie ; She seem'd the lealest maiden amang them a'— Doan by the greenwud sae bonnie. As she lookit our the castle wa'— 25 All alone, and alonie ; She spied twa bonnie boys playing at the ba'— Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie. " 0 an thae twa babes were mine "— All alone, and alonie ; " They should wear the silk and the sabelline"— Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie. su " O mother dear, when we were thine," All alone, and alonie ; " We neither wore the silks nor the sabelline"—&s Doun by the greenwud sae bonnie. " But out ye took a little penknife "— All alone, and alonie ;