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Page ii
... printed volumes , the ancient Ballad Poetry of Scotland must literally be gathered from the lips of " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun , Who use to chaunt it . " But fragile and capricious as the tenure may seem by which it has ...
... printed volumes , the ancient Ballad Poetry of Scotland must literally be gathered from the lips of " The spinsters and the knitters in the sun , Who use to chaunt it . " But fragile and capricious as the tenure may seem by which it has ...
Page iii
... printed from a MS . in the Cottonian Library . * Between the text of the traditionary version and that of the MS . , a slight inspection will satisfy us that the variations are neither very numerous nor very important . This is taking ...
... printed from a MS . in the Cottonian Library . * Between the text of the traditionary version and that of the MS . , a slight inspection will satisfy us that the variations are neither very numerous nor very important . This is taking ...
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... printed as they orally exist , will , to those who succeed us , prove a source of peculiar gratification - a record of the most instructive and interesting kind . They convey to posterity that description of song which is peculiarly ...
... printed as they orally exist , will , to those who succeed us , prove a source of peculiar gratification - a record of the most instructive and interesting kind . They convey to posterity that description of song which is peculiarly ...
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... printed on a broadside about 1701 , is certainly the most extraordinary and energetick composition that ever contemplation of a Gibbet inspired . In Herd's collection scarcely more than one half of it is published , consequently several ...
... printed on a broadside about 1701 , is certainly the most extraordinary and energetick composition that ever contemplation of a Gibbet inspired . In Herd's collection scarcely more than one half of it is published , consequently several ...
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... printed in this volume ; and the " Lord of Lorn , " a worthless piece , as we are informed by Ritson . This collection may be found to contain more , were it examined by one skilled in the traditionary poetry of Scotland . Another ...
... printed in this volume ; and the " Lord of Lorn , " a worthless piece , as we are informed by Ritson . This collection may be found to contain more , were it examined by one skilled in the traditionary poetry of Scotland . Another ...
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Page liii - For Wetharryngton my harte was wo, That ever he slayne shulde be ; For when both his leggis wear hewyne in to, Yet he knyled and fought on hys kne.
Page 122 - Blow up the fire, my maidens! Bring water from the well! For a' my house shall feast this night, Since my three sons are well.
Page 121 - 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 45 - Hame cam his gude horse, But never cam he! Out cam his auld mither Greeting fu' sair, And out cam his bonnie bride Rivin' her hair. Saddled and bridled And booted rade he; Toom hame cam the saddle But never cam he! "My meadow lies green, And my corn is unshorn, My barn is to bigg, And my babie's unborn.
Page 374 - Lie you there, dove Isabel, And all my sorrows lie with thee ; Till Kemp Owyne come ower the sea, And borrow you with kisses three, Let all the warld do what they will, Oh borrowed shall you never be !
Page 7 - As I was walking all alane, I heard twa corbies making a mane ; The tane unto the t'other say, " Where sall we gang and dine to-day...
Page 184 - O mak' my bed, Lady Mother," he says, " O mak' it braid and deep ! And lay Lady Marg'ret close at my back, And the sounder I will sleep." Lord William was dead lang ere midnight, Lady Marg'ret lang ere day — And all true lovers that go thegither, May they have mair luck than they ! Lord William was buried in St.
Page 98 - O what hills are yon, yon pleasant hills, That the sun shines sweetly on ? ' ' O yon are the hills of heaven,' he said, ' Where you will never win.' ' 0 whaten a mountain is yon, she said, ' All so dreary wi' frost and snow ? ' ' O yon is the mountain of hell,' he cried,
Page 21 - The starling flew to his mother's window stane, It whistled and it sang ; And aye the ower word o' the tune Was — " Johnie tarries lang !
Page 183 - They lighted down to tak a drink Of the spring that ran sae clear; And down the stream ran his gude heart's blood, And sair she gan to fear. "Hold up, hold up, Lord William," she says "For I fear that you are slain!