Lyric discussion by OrigamiButterfly 

I've seen several interpretations that Margaret was the daughter of Annan Water "A forest's son/A river's daughter". But it makes me think why any parent (be them a body of water or not) would destroy their own children and their significant other. Because after William rescues Margaret, the boat sinks and they drown. Not the best parental figure, methinks.

Well, this is a fairytale. Think about Rumpelstiltskin, the girl's father gave her up to spin straw, knowing she could not, and knowing only to well she would die if she could not spin straw into gold. Look at Zeus in Greek myth. He'd kill his children all the time, I think it's just human nature to think up stories like that.

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