Another version of this ballad contains the following stanzas, coming in immediately after the third verse, "Silver and gold will be stolen away;" though the propositions for building this bridge with iron and steel, and wood and stone, have in this copy also already been made and objected to.
Then we must set a man to watch.
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Then we must set a man to watch,
With a gay La-dee.
Suppose the man should fall asleep,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Suppose the man should fall asleep,
With a gay La-dee.
Then we must put a pipe in his mouth,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Then we must put a pipe in his mouth,
With a gay La-dee.
Suppose the pipe should fall and break,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Suppose the pipe should fall and break,
With a gay La-dee.
Then we must set a dog to watch,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Then we must set a dog to watch
With a gay La-dee.
Suppose the dog should run away,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Suppose the dog should run away.
With a gay La-dee.
Then we must chain him to a post,
Dance o'er my Lady Lea;
Then we must chain him to a post,
With a gay La-dee.