Willie drowned in Ero.

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T:Willie drowned in Ero.
B:The Penguin Book of Canadian Folk Songs.
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w:My Wil-lie is brave, *my Wil-lie is tall, My
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w:Wil-lie is one that is bon-ny. He pro-*mised that *he'd
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w:mar-*ry me If e-ver he'd mar-ry *a-ny, If
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w:e-ver he'd mar-ry a-ny. He pro-*mised that *he'd
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w:mar-*ry me If e-ver he'd mar-*ry a-ny.
W:My Willie is brave, my Willie is tall,
W:My Willie is one that is bonny.
W:He promised that he'd marry me
W:If ever he'd marry any,
W:If ever he'd marry any,
W:He'd promised that he'd marry me
W:If ever he marry any.
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W:My Willie is to them huntings gone,
W:I fear he's gone to tarry.
W:He sent a letter back to me
W:Saying he was too young to marry,
W:Saying he was too young to marry.
W:He sent a letter back to me
W:Saying he was too young to marry.
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W:Last night I dreamed a dreadful dream,
W:I fear it will bring sorrow.
W:I dreamed I was reaping the heather so green
W:Down by the banks of Ero---
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W:'Well, I will read your dream to you,
W:I'll read it with grief and sorrow,
W:That before tomorrow night you hear
W:Of your Willie being drowned in Ero'---
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W:I sought him east, I sought him west,
W:I sought him through a valley,
W:And underneath the edge of a rock
W:Was the corpse of my Willie lying---
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W:Her hair was full three-quarters long,
W:The colour it was yellow,
W:And around the waist of her Willie she turned
W:To pull him out of Ero---
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W:They buried him the very next day,
W:They buried him with grief and sorrow.
W:They buried him the very next day
W:Upon the banks of Ero---
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