Jim, the last verse is an add-on from The Douglas Tragedy. Here is one from Flanders, Vermont; Irish? origin. Lyr. Add: THE DEWY DENS OF DARROW Now a father had a young ploughboy, Whom this lady loved most dearly; She dressed him as a gallant knight To fight for her on Darrow 2 Then he went up this high, high hill, And on the lane so narrow, And there he saw nine noble knights On the Dewy Dens of Darrow. 3 "Oh, it's will you try the hunting hound? Or will you try the arrow? Or will you try the single sword On the Dewy Dens of Darrow?" 4 "No, I won't try the hunting hound, Nor will I try the arrow, Hut I will try the single sword On the Dewy dens of Darrow." 5 His sword he drew, three knights he slew And was fighting with the other, When her brother sprang from behind a tree, And they shot him with their arrow. 6 And she went up this high, high hill And on the lane so narrow, And there she saw her noble knight On the Dewy Dens of Darrow. 7 Her hair was about three-quarters long, And the color being yellow, She tied it around his waist so strong, And she carried him home to Darrow. 8 "O daughter, dear, dry up those tears, And give no more to sorrow, For tomorrow you'll wed with a handsomer knight Than the one you lost on Darrow." 9 "O father, dear, you have nine sons, And you may wed them all tomorrow; But you'll never find a handsomer knight, Than the one I lost on Darrow." Printed in "Ballads Migrant in New England," 235; pp. 255-259, with musical score, Helen H. Flanders, "Ancient Ballads Traditionally Sung in New England," vol. 3, Ballad 215; Univ. Pennsylvania Press.
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