{"collection":"Northern European Mythology","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/neu/eng/child/ch201.htm","path":"neu/eng/child/ch201.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch201.htm","text":"Sacred Texts\u00a0\n Legends & Sagas\u00a0\n England\u00a0\n Index\u00a0\n Previous\u00a0\n Next\u00a0\n \n \n \n 201A: Bessy Bell and Mary Gray\n \n \n 201A.1 O BESSIE BELL and Mary Gray,\n They war twa bonnie lasses;\n They bigget a bower on yon burn-brae,\n And theekit it oer wi rashes.\n 201A.2 They theekit it oer wi rashes green,\n They theekit it oer wi heather;\n But the pest cam frae the burrows-town,\n And slew them baith thegither.\n 201A.3 They thought to lye in Methven kirk-yard,\n Amang their noble kin;\n But they maun lye in Stronach haugh,\n To biek forenent the sin.\n 201A.4 And Bessy Bell and Mary Gray,\n They war twa bonnie lasses;\n They biggit a bower on yon burn-brae,\n And theekit it oer wi rashes.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Next: 202. The Battle of Philiphaugh","title":"The Child Ballads: 201. Bessy Bell and Mary Gray","type":"page"}