Betsy Bell and Mary Gray They were bonny la**es They bigget a bower on yon burnside And theekit it o'er wi' rashes They theekit it o'er wi' rashes green They theekit it o'er wi' heather But the plague came from the burrows-town And it slew them baith togither They would not have their shoes of red Nor would they have them yellow
But they would have their shoes of green To ride through the streets of Yarrow They thought to lye in Methren Kirkyard Among their noble kin But they were laid in Stronach Hall All out beneath the sun Betsy Bell and Mary Gray They were bonny la**es They bigget a bower on yon burnside And theekit it o'er wi' rashes