There he met his sister dear,Came rinnin'fast to Yarrow.
"I dreamt a dream last night,"she says,"I wish it binna sorrow;
I dreamt I was pu'ing the heather green,Upo'the braes o'Yarrow."--
"I'll read your dream,sister,"he says,"I'll read it into sorrow;
Ye're bidden gae take up your love,He's sleeping sound on Yarrow."
She's torn the ribbons frae her head,They were baith thick and narrow;
She's kilted up her green claithing,And she's awa'to Yarrow.
She's taen him in her arms twa,And gien him kisses thorough,And wi'her tears she bathed his wounds,Upo'the braes o'Yarrow.
Her father looking ower his castle wa',Beheld his daughter's sorrow;
"O haud yer tongue,daughter,"he says,"And let be a'your sorrow;
I'll wed you wi'a better lord,Than he that died on Yarrow."--
"O haud your tongue,father,"she says,"And let be till to-morrow;
A better lord there coudna be Than he that died on Yarrow."
She kissed his lips,and combed his hair,As she had dune before,O;
Then wi'a crack her heart did brack Upon the braes o'Yarrow.