For their elder Sisters hair
Martha does a repare
Of bridal rose, ornate and gay:
To-morrow is the wedding day.
She is going
Mary, you of the three,
Laughing idler, full of glee,
Arm in arm does fondly her,
Thinking, poor trifler, to detain her--
She is going
Vex not, maidens, nret
Thus to part with Margaret.
Charms like yours ever stay
Long within doors: and one day
She is going