Fair Margaret and Sweet William
Traditional song / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Fair Margaret and Sweet William" (Child 74, Roud 253) is a traditional English ballad which tells of two lovers, one or both of whom die from heartbreak.[1] Thomas Percy included it in his 1765 Reliques and said that it was quoted as early as 1611 in the Knight of the Burning Pestle.[2] In the United States, variations of Fair Margaret were regarded as folk song as early as 1823.[3]