Classic Poem

" I dreamed a dreary dream this night,
That fills my heart wi sorrow;
I dreamed I was pouing the heather green
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

" O true-luve mine, stay still and dine,
As ye ha done before, O;"
" O I 'll be hame by hours nine,
And frae the braes of Yarrow."

I dreamed a dreary dream this night,
That fills my heart wi sorrow;
I dreamed my luve came headless hame,
O frae the braes of Yarrow!

" O true-luve mine, stay still and dine,
As ye ha done before, O;"
" O I 'll be hame by hours nine,
And frae the braes of Yarrow."

" O are ye going to hawke," she says,
" As ye ha done before, O?
Or are ye going to weild your brand,
Upon the braes of Yarrow?"

" O I am not going to hawke," he says,
" As I have done before, O,
But for to meet your brother John,
Upon the braes of Yarrow."

As he gade down yon dowy den,
Sorrow went him before, O;
Nine well-wight men lay waiting him,
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

" I have your sister to my wife,
" Ye" think me an unmeet marrow;
But yet one foot will I never flee
Now frae the braes of Yarrow."

" Than" four he killd and five did wound,
That was an unmeet marrow!
" And he had weel nigh wan the day
Upon the braes of Yarrow."

" Bot" a cowardly " loon" came him behind,
Our Lady lend him sorrow!
And wi a rappier pierced his heart,
And laid him low on Yarrow.

" Now Douglas" to his sister 's gane,
Wi meikle dule and sorrow:
" Gae to your luve, sister," he says,
" He 's sleeping sound on Yarrow."

As she went down yon dowy den,
Sorrow went her before, O;
She saw her true-love lying slain
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

" She swoond thrice upon his breist
That was her dearest marrow;
Said, Ever alace and wae the day
Thou wentst frae me to Yarrow!"

She kist his mouth, she kaimed his hair,
As she had done before, O;
She " wiped" the blood that trickled doun
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

Her hair it was three quarters lang,
It hang baith side and yellow;
She tied it round " her" white hause-bane,
" And tint her life on Yarrow."

" I dreamed a dreary dream this night,
That fills my heart wi sorrow;
I dreamed I was pouing the heather green
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

" O true-luve mine, stay still and dine,
As ye ha done before, O; "
" O I'll be hame by hours nine,
And frae the braes of Yarrow. "

" I dreamed a dreary dream this night,
That fills my heart wi sorrow;
I dreamed my luve came headless hame,
O frae the braes of Yarrow!

" O true-luve mine, stay still and dine,
As ye ha done before, O; "
" O I'll be hame by hours nine,
And frae the braes of Yarrow. "

" O are ye going to hawke, " she says,
" As ye ha done before, O?
Or are ye going to weild your brand,
Upon the braes of Yarrow? "

" O I am not going to hawke, " he says,
" As I have done before, O,
But for to meet your brother John,
Upon the braes of Yarrow. "

As he gade down yon dowy den,
Sorrow went him before, O;
Nine well-wight men lay waiting him,
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

" I have your sister to my wife,
[Ye] think me an unmeet marrow;
But yet one foot will I never flee
Now frae the braes of Yarrow. "

[Than] four he killd and five did wound,
That was an unmeet marrow!
[And he had weel nigh wan the day
Upon the braes of Yarrow.]

[Bot] a cowardly [loon] came him behind,
Our Lady lend him sorrow!
And wi a rappier pierced his heart,
And laid him low on Yarrow.

[Now Douglas] to his sister's gane,
Wi meikle dule and sorrow:
" Gae to your luve, sister, " he says,
" He's sleeping sound on Yarrow. "

As she went down yon dowy den,
Sorrow went her before, O;
She saw her true-love lying slain
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

She swoond thrice upon his breist
That was her dearest marrow;
Said, " Ever alace and wae the day
Thou wentst frae me to Yarrow! "

She kist his mouth, she kaimed his hair,
As she had done before, O;
She [wiped] the blood that trickled doun
Upon the braes of Yarrow.

Her hair it was three quarters lang,
It hang baith side and yellow;
She tied it round [her] white hause-bane,
[And tint her life on Yarrow.]