English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 3Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1860 - Ballads, English |
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... Fight on , fight on , you merry men all , With you I'll fight no more ; I will gang to some holy place , Pray to the King of Glore . " Then to the chapel he is gone , And knelt most piteouslie , For seven days and seven nights , Till ...
... Fight on , fight on , you merry men all , With you I'll fight no more ; I will gang to some holy place , Pray to the King of Glore . " Then to the chapel he is gone , And knelt most piteouslie , For seven days and seven nights , Till ...
Page 65
... of this spirited ballad . LATE at e'en , drinking the wine , And ere they paid the lawing , They set a combat them between , To fight it in the dawing . 5 VOL . III . " O stay at hame , my noble lord , THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW . 65.
... of this spirited ballad . LATE at e'en , drinking the wine , And ere they paid the lawing , They set a combat them between , To fight it in the dawing . 5 VOL . III . " O stay at hame , my noble lord , THE DOWIE DENS OF YARROW . 65.
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... fight , while lasts my brand , On the bonnie banks of Yarrow . " Four has he hurt , and five has slain , On the bloody braes of Yarrow , 30 Till that stubborn knight came him behind , 85 And ran his body thorough . " Gae hame , gae hame ...
... fight , while lasts my brand , On the bonnie banks of Yarrow . " Four has he hurt , and five has slain , On the bloody braes of Yarrow , 30 Till that stubborn knight came him behind , 85 And ran his body thorough . " Gae hame , gae hame ...
Page 79
... hald thy tongue , thou limmer loon , And of thy talking let me be ! 41 , 42 . " " Shall I venture my body in field to fight With a man that's faith and troth to me ? N. C. B. If thou does na end me this quarrel soon , GRÆME AND BEWICK . 79.
... hald thy tongue , thou limmer loon , And of thy talking let me be ! 41 , 42 . " " Shall I venture my body in field to fight With a man that's faith and troth to me ? N. C. B. If thou does na end me this quarrel soon , GRÆME AND BEWICK . 79.
Page 80
... fight wi ' thee . " Then Christie Græme he stooped low Unto the ground , you shall understand ; - " O father , put ... fight with me . " - Then Christie Græme's to his chamber gane , 55 To consider weel what then should be ; Whether he ...
... fight wi ' thee . " Then Christie Græme he stooped low Unto the ground , you shall understand ; - " O father , put ... fight with me . " - Then Christie Græme's to his chamber gane , 55 To consider weel what then should be ; Whether he ...
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amang auld awaye babe bairn baith ballad bower bride Buchan's Childe Waters Clyde's water copy daughter daye dear doun dowie Ellen ERLINTON Fair Annie fair Scotland father Fause Foodrage fayre ladye fight foot-page frae Gae hame gane gang gold gowd Græme gude lord ha'e hadna hand heart Jew's king kirk knee knight kyng Estmere lady ladye laird Lamkin Lammikin land Lord Weire Mary Hamilton maun Minstrelsy mony mother Motherwell Motherwell's nae mair nane ne'er never Noroway nourice o'er owre Queen rade ride sail sall sayd Sayes Says Scotland Scottish Ballads Scottish Border shee Sir Aldingar Sir Hugh Sir Patrick Spens slain steed sweet sword syne Syr Cauline ta'en thee thou thro town true love unto weel Whan wine winna wold Yarrow ye'll young Hunting young Waters
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Page 154 - 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 87 - A brawer bower ye ne'er did see, Than my true love he built for me. There came a man, by middle day He spied his sport, and went away ; And brought the King that very night, Who brake my bower, and slew my knight. He slew my knight, to me sae dear; He slew my knight, and poin'd ' his gear; My servants all for life did flee, And left me in extremitie.
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 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 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.
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 151 - 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 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 129 - Their uncle should possess their wealth ; For so the will did run. "Now, brother," said the dying man,
Page 153 - O wha is this has done this deed, And tauld the king o me, To send us out, at this time of the year, To sail upon the sea?
Page 78 - And he paid a crown, and it went roun', It was all for the gude wine and free. And he has to the stable gane, Where there stude thirty steeds and three ; He's ta'en his ain horse amang them a', 25 And hame he rade sae manfullie. " Welcome, my auld father ! " said Christie Graeme, " But where sae lang frae hame were ye ? "— " It's I hae been at Carlisle town, And a baffled man by thee I be.