Francis James Child — Burd Ellen and Young Tamlane Child 28

Burn Ellen sits in her bower windowe, With a double laddy double, and for the double dow Twisting the red silk and the blue. With the double rose and the May-hay And whiles she twisted, and whiles she twan, With a double laddy double, and for the double dow And whiles the tears fell down amang. With the double rose and the May-hay Till once there by cam Young Tamlane: With a double laddy double, and for the double dow ‘Come light, oh light, and rock your young son.’ With the double rose and the May-hay ‘If you winna rock him, you may let him rair, With a double laddy double, and for the double dow For I hae rockit my share and mair.’ With the double rose and the May-hay [section missing] Young Tamlane to the seas he’s gane, With a double laddy double, and for the double dow And a’ women’s curse in his company’s gane. With the double rose and the May-hay