Maggie and Willie- Mrs. Bair (OH) 1939 Eddy D
[My title. From: Eddy's "Ballads and Songs from Ohio" 1939.
R. Matteson 2016]
D. MAGGIE AND WILLIE- From Mrs. Charles Bair, Paris, Ohio.
1."Who's this come tapping at my chamber,
At this late hour of gloomy night?
"'Tis I, 'tis I, dear Maggie,
I've come to trouble you once more."
2. "Then, Maggie dear, go ask your mother
If you my wedded bride can be;
If she says no, return and tell me,
And I'll no longer trouble thee."
3. "Oh, Willie dear, I dare not ask her,
For she's gone, she's gone to bed to rest
With a silver dagger laid beside her
To pierce the one that she loved best."
4. "Then, Maggie dear, go ask your father
If you my wedded bride can be;
If he says no, return and tell me,
And I'll no longer trouble thee."
5. "Oh, Willie dear, I dare not ask him,
For he told me not to let him know,
So, Willie dear, go court another,
And whisper lovelets in her ear."
6. Then Willie took the silver dagger
And plunged it through his aching heart;
"Farewell, farewell, farewell, dear Maggie,
Both Willie and Maggie now must part."
7. Then Maggie took the silver dagger,
And plunged it through her aching heart;
"Farewell, farewell, farewell, dear mother,
Both Willie and Maggie now are dead."
8. The parents looked at one another
To see how cruel they had been
To pierce the heart of those two lovers
Who now lies molding[1] in the tomb.
1. moldering.