Jealous Brothers Late one evening, a couple sat talking Two brothers were listening what were said Saying, "This courtship, it's got to be ended Or lay this young man in his grave Or lay this young man in his grave" Late that evening, it's talking of a hunting They insisting upon him to go They kept on insisting upon him Till, at last, he'd agreed to go Till, at last, he'd agreed to go They rode over hills and mountains Many of a path that were unknown They rode till they came to some dark hollow And there they left him dead alone And there they left him dead alone Late that evening, as they returned The sister inquiring of her own true love Saying, "He got lost in a game of hunting And there were no more seen of him And there were no more seen of him" She rose up early next morning Dressed in her silk so fine She rode all over hills and mountains And a many of a path were unknown And a many of a path were unknown She rode till she came to some dark hollow And there she found him dead alone She turned him over and ever Crying, "Darling bosom friend of mine" Crying, "Darling bosom friend of mine" DT #309 Laws M32 see also Dowie Dens of Yarrow, Rolling of the Stones recorded by Beech Mountain and by Joe Hickerson SOF
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