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... who cannot per- suade the publick to think so , or even prevail on it to read their com- positions till they have given them a slight sprinkling of olden phraseology , and stoutly maintained that they were genuine specimens viii .
... who cannot per- suade the publick to think so , or even prevail on it to read their com- positions till they have given them a slight sprinkling of olden phraseology , and stoutly maintained that they were genuine specimens viii .
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... given in such humble prose as the reciter can furnish . An instance of this kind , Mr. Jamieson has given in " Illustrations of Northern Antiquities , " * and many similar cases could be produced , were " Rosmer Half - man , or the ...
... given in such humble prose as the reciter can furnish . An instance of this kind , Mr. Jamieson has given in " Illustrations of Northern Antiquities , " * and many similar cases could be produced , were " Rosmer Half - man , or the ...
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... given . From this ballad , I may give a short specimen after the fashion of the venerable authority from whom I quote : " Well ye must know that in the Moor's Castle , there was a Massymore , which is a dark deep dungeon for keeping ...
... given . From this ballad , I may give a short specimen after the fashion of the venerable authority from whom I quote : " Well ye must know that in the Moor's Castle , there was a Massymore , which is a dark deep dungeon for keeping ...
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... given by the Historian , and that described in the ballad , there is a remarkable coincidence : They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn , Wi ' a ' the speed they may , They hae landed in Norroway , Upon a Wodensday . There being only a ...
... given by the Historian , and that described in the ballad , there is a remarkable coincidence : They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn , Wi ' a ' the speed they may , They hae landed in Norroway , Upon a Wodensday . There being only a ...
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... given rise . Of his gud Dedis , and Manheid Gret gestis I heard say ar made , Bot sa mony I trow nowcht , As he until hys dayis wroucht . Qwha all hys dedis of prys wald dyte , Hym worthyd a gret Buk to wryte , And all thai to wryte in ...
... given rise . Of his gud Dedis , and Manheid Gret gestis I heard say ar made , Bot sa mony I trow nowcht , As he until hys dayis wroucht . Qwha all hys dedis of prys wald dyte , Hym worthyd a gret Buk to wryte , And all thai to wryte in ...
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ancient ballads Andrew Lammie Annie auld baith ballad birk bonnie banks bonny Annie Border Minstrelsy bower brother brume blooms bonnie Chield Morice Childe Maurice Clerk Saunders Clyde's water collection copy daughter dear doun Earl Marshall Edinburgh edition Editor Eh vow bonnie Fair Annie Fair Janet fair Scotland father fause Fause Foodrage Fordie frae Frendraught Fyvie gane gang Gil Morice gold gowd gude hame hand hey lillelu Hynd Jamieson John Johnie Scot King knight lady fair Lady Maisery ladye laird land Lord mair Maisry Margaret maun Minstrel mother ne'er never o'er old ballads owre poetry Popular Ballads printed recitation Reliques says sister song spak stanza steed Sweet Willie Syr Cauline ta'en thee thou Tiftie's traditionary true love TWA BROTHERS unto weel ye'll young young Benjie Young Johnstone
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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...
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 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 372 - 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 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!
Page 185 - Out o' the lady's grave grew a bonny red rose, And out o' the knight's a brier. And they twa met, and they twa plat, And fain they wad be near ; And a' the warld might ken right weel, They were twa lovers dear.