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... origin within the limits of the eighteenth century , but several for placing them much farther back . I therefore deny that the ' epoch ' now proposed for them is the right one , and , of course , that the assumption as to the ...
... origin within the limits of the eighteenth century , but several for placing them much farther back . I therefore deny that the ' epoch ' now proposed for them is the right one , and , of course , that the assumption as to the ...
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... origin , and had been handed down by tradi- tion through more generations than are comprized within the period since Lady Wardlaw was born . PERCY AND SCOTT . The king sits in Dunfermline town , Drinking the blude - red wine ; ' O whar ...
... origin , and had been handed down by tradi- tion through more generations than are comprized within the period since Lady Wardlaw was born . PERCY AND SCOTT . The king sits in Dunfermline town , Drinking the blude - red wine ; ' O whar ...
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... origin ? ' ( p . 13. ) Again , in quoting some stanzas of the Lass o ' Lochryan ( which suggested to Burns his song of Lord Gregory , and some verses of Dr. Wolcot's ) , it is remarked- " The resemblance of these verses to several of ...
... origin ? ' ( p . 13. ) Again , in quoting some stanzas of the Lass o ' Lochryan ( which suggested to Burns his song of Lord Gregory , and some verses of Dr. Wolcot's ) , it is remarked- " The resemblance of these verses to several of ...
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... origin of Sir Patrick Spence , occurring in a popular song in common use ( along with others mentioned in the same Prologue ) before the Battle of Flodden , and at that time in all likelihood an old song . For the claim of ' cork ...
... origin of Sir Patrick Spence , occurring in a popular song in common use ( along with others mentioned in the same Prologue ) before the Battle of Flodden , and at that time in all likelihood an old song . For the claim of ' cork ...
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... origin he contends for . Take , in illustration , the beginning of Peter Buchan's version , with all its ruggedness- It fell about the gude Yule time , When caps and stoups gaed roun ' , Down it cam him Young Waters , To welcome James ...
... origin he contends for . Take , in illustration , the beginning of Peter Buchan's version , with all its ruggedness- It fell about the gude Yule time , When caps and stoups gaed roun ' , Down it cam him Young Waters , To welcome James ...
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Aberdeen ancient antiquity auld author of Hardyknute authorship barely three be't Beheld baith dale Bent sae Brown body bleed bonny boy Bonny Earl bower Buchan Carterhaugh castle century Chambers's Childe Owlet Clerk Saunders composition copies deadly storm Douglas e'er Earl of Murray Edinburgh Fair Annie fair Janet Fause Foodrage frae Gil Morrice Godscroft Gos-hawk gowd gude church hadna hame historical ballads History Janet king king's daughter kirk knight LADY WARDLAW HERESY ladyes laith Lochryan manuscript maun mony noble Noroway o'er the faem old ballad old literature Otterbourne ower Percy Percy's Peter Buchan's pieces poem printed queen quoted recitation references remark Robert Chambers Romantic Ballads ROMANTIC SCOTTISH BALLADS says Scotland Scots lords Scott's Minstrelsy ship Sir Patrick Spence Sir Walter Scott song spake Spens stanzas style sung Sweet William's Ghost thee true love verses version of Sir wan water weet ye lie yestreen Young Tamlane Young Waters
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Page 27 - He was a braw gallant, And he rid at the ring; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Oh he might have been a King! He was a braw gallant, And he playd at the ba; And the bonny Earl of Murray, Was the flower amang them a'.
Page 11 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm; And, if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the topmasts lap, It was sic a deadly storm; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a
Page 20 - Prefixed to them both is an advertisement, setting forth that the preservation of this poem was owing to " a lady, who favoured the printers with a copy, as it was carefully collected from the mouths of old women and nurses ;" and " any reader that can render it more correct or complete," is desired to oblige the public with such improvements.
Page 41 - London, upon Saint James his day. "Upon Saint James his day at noon, at fair London will I be; And all the Lords in merry Scotland, they shall dine there with me.
Page 38 - The shirt that was upon his back Was o' the Holland fine ; The doublet which was over that Was o
Page 17 - 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 43 - O listen, listen, ladies gay ! No haughty feat of arms I tell ; Soft is the note, and sad the lay, That mourns the lovely Rosabelle. — " Moor, moor the barge, ye gallant crew ! And, gentle ladye, deign to stay ! Rest thee in Castle Ravensheuch, Nor tempt the stormy firth to-day. " The blackening wave is edged with white : To inch* and rock the sea-mews fly; The fishers have heard the Water-Sprite, Whose screams...
Page 23 - And he that had a bonnie boy, Sent out his horse to grass, And he that had not a bonnie boy, His ain servant he was. But up then spake a little page, Before the peep of dawn: 'O waken ye, waken ye, my good lord, For Percy's hard at hand.
Page 29 - O bury me by the braken bush, Beneath the blooming brier, Let never living mortal ken That ere a kindly Scot lies here.