nd sheen,
And took by his side his berry-brown sword,
And ower yon lang hill he's gane.

13.
As he gaed ower yon high, high hill,
And down yon dowie den,
Great and grievous was the ghost he saw,
Would fear ten thousand men.

14.
As he gaed in by Mary kirk,
And in by Mary stile,
Wan and weary was the ghost
Upon sweet Willie did smile.

15.
'Aft hae ye travell'd this road, Willie,
Aft hae ye travell'd in sin;
Ye ne'er said sae muckle for your saul
As, My Maker bring me hame!

16.
'Aft hae ye travell'd this road, Willie,
Your bonny love to see;
But ye'll never travel this road again
Till ye leave a token wi' me.'

17.
Then she has ta'en him Sweet Willie,
Riven him frae gair to gair,
And on ilka seat o' Mary's kirk
O' Willie she hang a share;
Even abeen his love Meggie's dice,
Hang's head and yellow hair.

18.
His father made moan, his mother made moan,
But Meggie made muckle mair;
His father made moan, his mother made moan,
But Meggie reave her yellow hair.

[Annotations:
6.1: 'swack,' nimble; 'snack,' quick.
13.4: 'fear,' frighten.
17.2: 'frae gair to gair,' from side to side.
17.5: 'dice,' pew.
18.4: 'reave,' tore.]

ADAM

+The Text+ of this half-carol, half-ballad is taken from the Sloane MS.
2593, whence we get _Saint Stephen and King Herod_ and other charming
pieces like the well-known carol, 'I syng of a mayden.' It is written in
eight long lines in the MS.

+The Story.+--Wright, who printed the above MS. for the Warton Club in
1856, remarks that Adam was supposed to have remained bound in the
_limbus patrum_ from the time of his death until the Crucifixion. In the
romance of _Owain Miles_ (Cotton MS. Calig. A. ii.) the bishops told
Owain that Adam was 'yn helle with Lucyfere' for four thousand six
hundred and four years. On account of this tradition incorporated in the
carol, I have ventured to include it as a ballad, although it does not
find a place in Professor Child's collection.

ADAM

1.
Adam lay i-bowndyn,
bowndyn in a bond,
Fowre thowsand wynter
thowt he not to long;

2.
And al was for an appil,
an appil that he tok,
As clerkes fyndyn wretyn
in here book.

3.
Ne hadde the appil take ben,
the appil taken ben,
Ne hadde never our lady
a ben hevene qwen.

4.
Blyssid be the tyme
that