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Page xvi
... he is , in his own person , liable to the charge , as many of the pieces in his collection were made up from com- parison of separate recitations . From my earliest years I have been familiar with the xvi INTRODUCTION .
... he is , in his own person , liable to the charge , as many of the pieces in his collection were made up from com- parison of separate recitations . From my earliest years I have been familiar with the xvi INTRODUCTION .
Page xxv
... recitation appeared in minor collections made subsequently to Herd's publication ; but none of these require special notice . But in 1802 , SIR WALTER SCOTT appeared as a collector of the Scottish ballads , and beyond all doubt " The ...
... recitation appeared in minor collections made subsequently to Herd's publication ; but none of these require special notice . But in 1802 , SIR WALTER SCOTT appeared as a collector of the Scottish ballads , and beyond all doubt " The ...
Page xxxiii
... recitation sometimes , some- times to be sung , according to the capability of the minstrel ; for it is quite evident , both from the construction of the verse , and from statements and allusions made by old writers , that they were not ...
... recitation sometimes , some- times to be sung , according to the capability of the minstrel ; for it is quite evident , both from the construction of the verse , and from statements and allusions made by old writers , that they were not ...
Page xl
... reciting these , he was naturally most unwilling to impart them to others -such generosity being , in fact , equivalent to handing over a share of a copyright . But he could not prevent other minstrels from carrying away in their memory ...
... reciting these , he was naturally most unwilling to impart them to others -such generosity being , in fact , equivalent to handing over a share of a copyright . But he could not prevent other minstrels from carrying away in their memory ...
Page xli
... recitations of a professional practitioner of Aberdeen , he thought it neither sin nor shame to appropriate these , and to turn them to account as so much valuable addition to his own trading capital . No injury was sustained by the ...
... recitations of a professional practitioner of Aberdeen , he thought it neither sin nor shame to appropriate these , and to turn them to account as so much valuable addition to his own trading capital . No injury was sustained by the ...
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amang Annie Armstrang auld baith ballad BATTLE OF HARLAW bauld Binnorie Blind Harry blude bonnie mill-dams Border bower Buccleuch castle cauld Clerk Saunders dear Dickie Douglas doun e'en Earl Edom ELORE English fair fast fause flowers frae gane gang gar'd Gil Morice Gordon gowd green hae ta'en hame hand Harlaw Helen horse Huntley Item James Jock John Johnie King Kingis command Kinmont Willie knee lady ladye laird Liddesdale Lizie Lindsay Lord Scroop mair maun meikle minstrels Minstrelsy mony Motherwell nane ne'er never night o'er Otterburn ower owre poem poetry Queen quoth rade reciters ride Scotland Scots Scottish Sir Patrick Spens Sir Walter Scott slain spake stanzas steed Syne thee thou trow True Thomas twa sisters weel Willie Wallace winna ye maun Ye'll
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Page 111 - THERE lived a wife at Usher's Well, And a wealthy wife was she ; She had three stout and stalwart sons, And sent them oer the sea. They hadna...
Page 112 - I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood!" It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o
Page 2 - Now, ever alake! my master dear, I fear a deadly storm! I saw the new moon late yestreen, Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm.
Page 48 - Then up and gat the seventh o' them, And never a word spake he ; But he has striped his bright brown brand Out through Clerk Saunders
Page 129 - Or wherefore should I kame my hair? For my true Love has me forsook, And says he'll never lo'e me mair.
Page 38 - He has gotten a coat of the even cloth, And a pair of shoes of velvet green ; And till seven years were gane and past, True Thomas on earth was never seen.
Page 40 - Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell lea.
Page 1 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine ? " O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee : " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor, That ever sailed the sea.
Page 51 - Is there ony room at your head, Saunders? Is there ony room at your feet? Or ony room at your side, Saunders, Where fain, fain, I wad sleep?
Page 46 - Walked ower yon garden green ; And sad and heavy was the love That fell thir twa between. 'A bed, a bed,' Clerk Saunders said, ' A bed for you and me !' 'Fye na, fye na,' said may Margaret,