No one has mentioned the version of Geordie where the maid buys his life back but "the blood would've flowed upon the green before I lost my dearie".
This one the woman is on top & comes out on top.

'She's The Lass I Do Adore'.

It fell all on a clear spring morn
As the sun rose or'e the bloom
The geese & woodcock shook the dew
The fish flew through the foam
I spied a lass that struck my heart
My eyes saw nothing more
It was then that I was lost in love
For she's the lass I do adore

I approached this fair maid for a word
But no words could I speak
The drops of sweat rolled from my brow
My arms & legs did quake
My heart was pierced, I could not speak
Sound gone for ever more
I knew she had my heart & soul
For she's the lass I do adore

She asked if I would walk with her
Through the foggy morn
She led me past the ancient oaks
O're the hills & far beyond
She lightly took me by the hand
My feet felt no forest floor
My heart it soared o're the land
For she's the lass I do adore

Among the purple heather we sat down
The ground did seem to moan
Branch & bough all seemed to bend
As bluebells blew like horns
She left me there upon my back
Till the stars they brightly shone
So amazed in wonder there I lay
For she's the lass I do adore

The years have past before my eyes
Since that day in early spring
Still the view is freah & fair
And still the smell so keen
I've wondered far & traveled wide
In the hopes to see once more
The lovely maid that laid me down
For she's the lass I do adore

copywrite Barry Finn 2000

Barry