"Fair Margaret and Sweet William" (also known as "Lady Margaret" and "Lady Margaret and Sweet William") is a folk song, collected by Francis James Child and cataloged as Child Ballad 74. It appeared in The Percy Folio, and Thomas Percy reported that it was quoted in the Knight of the Burning Pestle (1611).
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