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... printed in this volume , had been pre- sented as a poem recovered from tradition , orally trans- mitted for wellnigh three centuries , I should at once have pronounced it to be a forgery ; and if asked to give the reasons for so very ...
... printed in this volume , had been pre- sented as a poem recovered from tradition , orally trans- mitted for wellnigh three centuries , I should at once have pronounced it to be a forgery ; and if asked to give the reasons for so very ...
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... , ( Blaw , blaw , blaw winds , blaw , ) Then come to me , and ye'se get your sark ! " ( And the wind has blawn my plaid awa ' . ) VOL . II . B EDWARD . THIS ballad was first printed in Percy's " THE ELFIN KNIGHT . 17.
... , ( Blaw , blaw , blaw winds , blaw , ) Then come to me , and ye'se get your sark ! " ( And the wind has blawn my plaid awa ' . ) VOL . II . B EDWARD . THIS ballad was first printed in Percy's " THE ELFIN KNIGHT . 17.
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun. EDWARD . THIS ballad was first printed in Percy's " Reliques , " from a manuscript transmitted by Lord Hailes . In that copy the spelling is so peculiar as to have excited suspicion in certain quarters that ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun. EDWARD . THIS ballad was first printed in Percy's " Reliques , " from a manuscript transmitted by Lord Hailes . In that copy the spelling is so peculiar as to have excited suspicion in certain quarters that ...
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun. merely conjectural , I adhere to the version first printed , more especially because it was afterwards adopted by Herd in his collection , with a reasonable change of orthography . " WHY HY does your brand ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun. merely conjectural , I adhere to the version first printed , more especially because it was afterwards adopted by Herd in his collection , with a reasonable change of orthography . " WHY HY does your brand ...
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William Edmondstoune Aytoun. BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL . A FRAGMENT of this ballad was first printed in Mr Finlay's collection . The remainder has since been recovered , and has been frequently published . HIE IE upon Hielands , And low ...
William Edmondstoune Aytoun. BONNIE GEORGE CAMPBELL . A FRAGMENT of this ballad was first printed in Mr Finlay's collection . The remainder has since been recovered , and has been frequently published . HIE IE upon Hielands , And low ...
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amang Andrew Lammie auld bairn baith ballad billie Billy Blin blaw blude Border Minstrelsy bower Captain Ogilvie castle Cromdale daughter dear doun e'er Earl Edinburgh Ettrick Forrest fair Annet Fair Janet fair ladie father fause Fause Foodrage fell frae Frendraught Fyvie gane gang Gilderoy gin ye Glenlogie Gordon gowd Græme green gude hadna hame hand heir of Linne hill Johnston King knee knight lads lady ladye Laird Lammikin land lass Lord mair Maisry marry maun Montrose mony mother Motherwell nane ne'er never noble nut-brown bride o'er Octavo Outlaw Outlaw Murray ower owre rade recitation Richie Storie ride sall says Scotland Scottish Sir Walter Scott sister spak stanzas steed suld Syne ta'en thee There's thou true-love unto wadna weel Willie ye maun ye'll yett young young Benjie
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