Douglas Tragedy- Eliz Craig (Aber) c.1932 Carpenter

Douglas Tragedy- Eliz Craig (Aber) c.1932 Carpenter

[Single stanza with music: AFC 1972/001, MS p. 08081, from James Madison Carpenter Collection, JMC/1/5/1/E, p. 08081.

R. Matteson 2018]

The Douglas Tragedy- sung by Miss Elizabeth Craig of Woodtown Cottage, Birkenhills, by Turriff, Scotland, about 1932.

Sir William he died in the middle o' the night,
Lady Margaret she died on the morrow,
Sir William he died of pure true love,
Lady Margaret she died of sorrow.