 Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke To play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn me can ; To trip and...  Observations on Popular Antiquities: Chiefly Illustrating the Origin of Our ... - Page 292by John Brand - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Percy - Ballads, English - 1812 - 456 pages
...voice I greete -And call them on, with me to roame Thro' woods, thro' lakes, Thro' bogs, thro' brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke...play some tricke And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! yi Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes, an ox, sometimes, a hound ; And to a horse I turn... | |
 | Ballads, English - 1819 - 394 pages
...other for a hairy savage. Sometimes I meet them like a man, Sometimes, an ox ; sometimes, a hound j And to a horse I turn me can, To trip and trot about them round ; But if, to ride, My back they stride, . More swift than wind away .1 go ; O'er hedge... | |
 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - Bibliography - 1825 - 392 pages
...greete And call them on with me to roame Through woodes, through lakes, Through bogges, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | English literature - 1823 - 816 pages
...And call them on with me to roame Through woodes, through lake», Through bogges, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...! Sometimes I meete them like a man ; Sometimes an ozc, sometimes a hound ; * Cambro Briton, Vol. I. p. 318. VOL. XUI. And to a horse I turn me can, To... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 392 pages
...greete And call them on with me to roame Through woodes, through lakes, Through bogges, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Books - 1825 - 390 pages
...greete And call them on with me to roame Through woodes, through lakes, Through bogges, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Henry Southern - 1825 - 388 pages
...greete And call them on with me to roame Through woodes, through lakes, Through bogges, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound ; And to a horse I turne me can, To trip and trot about them round : But if to ride By backe to stride, More swift than... | |
 | Thomas Crofton Croker - Folklore - 1828 - 364 pages
...greete, And call them on, with me to roame Through woods, through lakes, Through bogs, through brakes ; Or else, unseene, with them I go, All in the nicke,...play some tricke, And frolicke it, with ho, ho, ho ! OLD SONG. DIARMID BAWN, THE PIPER. ONE stormy night Patrick Burke was seated in the chimney corner,... | |
 | William John Thoms - English literature - 1828 - 354 pages
...its allusion to a transmutation which we see exercised in the course of the following tale : — « Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a hound, And to a horse turn me I can, To trip and trot about them round. In fact, whether he is called Robin Goodfellow, Puck,... | |
 | Robert (le Diable.) - 1828 - 326 pages
...by its allusion to a transmutation which we see exercised in the course of the following tale : — Sometimes I meete them like a man, Sometimes an ox, sometimes a bound, And to a horse turn me I can, To trip and trot about them round. In fact, whether he is called... | |
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