Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, Volume 2Dent, 1894 - Ballads, English |
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... father . The murder was committed on July 2 , 1600 ; after which all the ... dear saint of God " during the last few days of her life . YOUNG BEICHAN AND ... father of St Thomas , who was taken captive by the Saracens and beloved by the ...
... father . The murder was committed on July 2 , 1600 ; after which all the ... dear saint of God " during the last few days of her life . YOUNG BEICHAN AND ... father of St Thomas , who was taken captive by the Saracens and beloved by the ...
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... father dear to see : " Sing O and O for my bonny hind , Beneath yon hollin tree ! " " What needs you care for your bonny hind ? For it you needna care ; There's aught score hinds in yonder park , And five score hinds to spare . " Four ...
... father dear to see : " Sing O and O for my bonny hind , Beneath yon hollin tree ! " " What needs you care for your bonny hind ? For it you needna care ; There's aught score hinds in yonder park , And five score hinds to spare . " Four ...
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... father dear , Stout stepping on the floor . " Hold your tongue , my daughter dear , Let all your mourning abe ; I'll carry the dead corpse to the clay , And I'll came back and comfort thee . " " Comfort well your seven sons , For ...
... father dear , Stout stepping on the floor . " Hold your tongue , my daughter dear , Let all your mourning abe ; I'll carry the dead corpse to the clay , And I'll came back and comfort thee . " " Comfort well your seven sons , For ...
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... dear ! For what needs a ' this sorrow ; I'll wed ye on a better lord , Than him you lost on Yarrow . " - " O haud your tongue , my father dear ! And dinna grieve your Sarah ; A better lord was never born Than him I lost on Yarrow ...
... dear ! For what needs a ' this sorrow ; I'll wed ye on a better lord , Than him you lost on Yarrow . " - " O haud your tongue , my father dear ! And dinna grieve your Sarah ; A better lord was never born Than him I lost on Yarrow ...
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... father , That ever sic a thing should be ! Billy Bewick was my master , and ... father , put on your glove again , The wind has blown it from your hand ? " " What's that thou says , thou limmer loon ... dear , God's 46 Popular British Ballads.
... father , That ever sic a thing should be ! Billy Bewick was my master , and ... father , put on your glove again , The wind has blown it from your hand ? " " What's that thou says , thou limmer loon ... dear , God's 46 Popular British Ballads.
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amang auld baith bauld bed sune Bewick billy bonny hind bower Brackley bride brother Brown Adam Buccleuch Carlisle castle castle Child Vyet Christie Græme Clerk Saunders Clyde's water daughter Fair Annie father dear fell frae gane gang gar'd gates gay lady gold gowd green hame hand HEADPIECE heart Hind Horn horse Inverey Johnnie jolly young King Henry Kinmont Willy kirk Lady Maisry lady's laird leaves they grow lie doun Little John Lizzie Lindsay Lord Donald Lord Ingram Lord Scroope maiden mak my bed maun mother nane ne'er never night o'er ower rade Robin Hood seven slain spake steed sweet ta'en thee There's thou thro tree true love turn'd unto wadna weel wife wine ye leave Ye'll ye're yellow hair young Beichan Young Hunting young Logie
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Page 38 - 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. ' 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 18 - O 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 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said, " Tis time we were away." The cock he hadna craw'd but once, And clapp'd his wings at a', When the youngest to the eldest said, "Brother, we must awa'." "The cock doth craw, the day doth daw, The channerin' worm doth chide; Gin we be miss'd out o' our place, A sair pain we maun bide.
Page 50 - 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, I...
Page 247 - O, these are hard questions for my shallow witt, Nor I cannot answer your grace as yet : But if you will give me but three weekes space, He do my endeavour to answer your grace. Now three weeks...
Page 17 - She has taken up her two little babes, Kiss'd them baith cheek and chin ; " O fair ye weel, my ain two babes, " For I'll never see you again." She set her foot upon the ship, No mariners could she behold ; But the sails were o' the taffetie, And the masts o
Page 75 - They led him thro' the Liddel-rack And also thro' the Carlisle sands; They brought him to Carlisle castell To be at my Lord Scroope's commands.
Page xxx - That name does not belang to me; I am but the Queen of fair elfland, That am hither come to visit thee.
Page 38 - Wi' ae lock o' his gowden hair We'll theek our nest when it grows bare. " Mony a one for him makes mane, But nane sall ken where he is gane : O'er his white banes, when they are bare, The wind sall blaw for evermair.
Page 222 - Before the barn-door crowing, The cock by hens attended, His eyes around him throwing, Stands for a while suspended. Then one he singles from the crew, And cheers the happy hen; With how do you do, and how do you do, And how do you do again.