Bessy Bell And Mary Gray

Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
They war twa bonnie lasses;
The built their house upon the lea
And covered it wi' rushes

Bessy kept the garden gate
And Mary kept the pantry;
Bessy always had to wait
While Mary lived in plenty

They theekit it o'er wi' rushes green
They theekit it o'er wi' heather;
But the pest cam' frae the burrows-town
And slew them baith together

Thet thocht to lye in Mеthven kirk-yard
Amang their noble kin;
But thеy maun lie on Lynedoch-brae
To biek forenent the sin

Bessie Bell and Mary Gray
They war twa bonnie lasses;
The built their house upon the lea
And covered it wi' rushes