English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 2Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1860 - Ballads, English |
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... Ye will bide in my bower a ' night ? " She birled him with the ale and wine , As they sat down to sup : A living man he laid him down , But I wot he ne'er rose up . Then up and spake the popinjay , 66 That flew aboun her head ; Lady ...
... Ye will bide in my bower a ' night ? " She birled him with the ale and wine , As they sat down to sup : A living man he laid him down , But I wot he ne'er rose up . Then up and spake the popinjay , 66 That flew aboun her head ; Lady ...
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... ll gie it unto thee . " " Gae hame , gae hame , ye fause lady , And pay your maids their fee ; As ye have done to Earl Richard , Sae wud ye do to me . " " If I had an arrow in my hand , And a bow bent on a string ; I'd shoot a dart at ...
... ll gie it unto thee . " " Gae hame , gae hame , ye fause lady , And pay your maids their fee ; As ye have done to Earl Richard , Sae wud ye do to me . " " If I had an arrow in my hand , And a bow bent on a string ; I'd shoot a dart at ...
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... ye kill'd him young Redin , Wha ne'er had love but thee ! " " Come doun , come doun , ye wylie parrot , Come doun ... ll do the like to me ; Ye'll thraw my head aff my And throw me in the sea . " hause - bane , 60 O there cam seekin ...
... ye kill'd him young Redin , Wha ne'er had love but thee ! " " Come doun , come doun , ye wylie parrot , Come doun ... ll do the like to me ; Ye'll thraw my head aff my And throw me in the sea . " hause - bane , 60 O there cam seekin ...
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... ye'll seek Clyde's water up and doun , Ye'll seek it out and in- I hae na seen him , young Redin , Sin yesterday at noon . " Then up bespak young Redin's mither , And a dowie woman was scho ; - " There's na a place in a Clyde's water ...
... ye'll seek Clyde's water up and doun , Ye'll seek it out and in- I hae na seen him , young Redin , Sin yesterday at noon . " Then up bespak young Redin's mither , And a dowie woman was scho ; - " There's na a place in a Clyde's water ...
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... ye can dree ! Your bonny lass at Castle - law Will weary you to see . ” - 10 15 20 25 11. Charcoal red . This circumstance marks the antiquity of the poem . While wood was plenty in Scotland , charcoal was the usual fuel in the chambers ...
... ye can dree ! Your bonny lass at Castle - law Will weary you to see . ” - 10 15 20 25 11. Charcoal red . This circumstance marks the antiquity of the poem . While wood was plenty in Scotland , charcoal was the usual fuel in the chambers ...
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amang auld awaye babe bairn baith ballad bower bride Buchan's Childe Waters Clyde's water copy daughter daye Earl Richard Eldridge Ellen ERLINTON Fair Annie Fair Emmeline fair Scotland father dear fause Fause Foodrage fayre ladye fight foot-page frae Gae hame gane gang gold gowd gude lord ha'e hadna hand hath heart king knee knight kyng Estmere ladye laird Lammikin land Lonkin Lord Weire Mary Hamilton maun Minstrelsy mother Motherwell Motherwell's nae mair nane ne'er never nourice o'er Patrick Spence Queen ride sall sayd Sayes Says Scottish Border shee Sir Aldingar Sir Hugh Sir Patrick Spens sister steed sweet sword syne Syr Cauline ta'en tears thee thou thro town true love unto weel Whan wine winna wold woman Yarrow ye'll young Hunting young Waters
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Page 61 - In behint yon auld fail dyke, I wot there lies a new-slain knight; And naebody kens that he lies there But his hawk, his hound, and his lady fair. 'His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. 'Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonnie blue e'en: Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Page 152 - 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 153 - And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. " To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem ; The king's daughter of Noroway 'Tis thou maun bring her hame.
Page 151 - Late late yestreen I saw the new moone, Wi the auld moone in hir arme, And I feir, I feir, my deir master, That we will cum to harme." O our Scots nobles wer richt laith To weet their cork-heild schoone ; Bot lang owre a' the play wer playd, Thair hats they swam aboone.
Page 130 - You must be father and mother both, And uncle all in one ; God...
Page 150 - O wha is this has don this deid, This ill deid don to me, To send me out this time o' the yeir, To sail upon the se!
Page 62 - Knight ; And naebody kens that he lies there, But his hawk, his hound, and lady fair. ' His hound is to the hunting gane, His hawk to fetch the wild-fowl hame, His lady's ta'en another mate, So we may mak our dinner sweet. ' Ye'll sit on his white hause-bane, And I'll pick out his bonny blue een : Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare.
Page 135 - You that executors be made, And overseers eke Of children that be fatherless, And infants mild and meek ; Take you example by this thing, And yield to each his right, Lest God with such like miserye Your wicked minds requite.
Page 154 - Our gude ship sails the morn." " 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 132 - Murder's heart relent : And they that undertooke the deed, Full sore did now repent. I Yet one of them more hard of heart, Did vowe to do his charge, Because the wretch, that hired him, Had paid him very large. The other won't agree thereto, So here they fall to strife ; With one another they did fight, About the...