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... occurs in his folio MS . Ritson styles it " the undoubted original of the Scottish Ballad , and one of the few specimens now extant of the proper old English Ballad , as composed , not by a Grub Street author for the stalls of London ...
... occurs in his folio MS . Ritson styles it " the undoubted original of the Scottish Ballad , and one of the few specimens now extant of the proper old English Ballad , as composed , not by a Grub Street author for the stalls of London ...
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... occurs , that no two copies obtained in parts of the country distant from each other will be found completely to tally in their texts ; perhaps they may not have a single stanza which is mutual property , except certain common - places ...
... occurs , that no two copies obtained in parts of the country distant from each other will be found completely to tally in their texts ; perhaps they may not have a single stanza which is mutual property , except certain common - places ...
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... occurring in some , would seem to fix their origin to a very modern date . " * The opinions of a writer of so much acuteness and information in poetick archæology as Ritson , however hastily and inconsiderately delivered , are deserving ...
... occurring in some , would seem to fix their origin to a very modern date . " * The opinions of a writer of so much acuteness and information in poetick archæology as Ritson , however hastily and inconsiderately delivered , are deserving ...
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... occurring in some of these ballads more easy of apprehension to such as were strangers in the company . That this was the fact admits of little doubt . Traces of such a custom still remain in the lowlands of Scotland , among those who ...
... occurring in some of these ballads more easy of apprehension to such as were strangers in the company . That this was the fact admits of little doubt . Traces of such a custom still remain in the lowlands of Scotland , among those who ...
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... occurs this notice : " Ther was Gilbert Thomas fadir , name the trewe man and gode , He loved God and holi cherche setthe he witte onderstode ; The cros to the holi cherche in his zouthe he nom , myd on Rychard that was his mon to ...
... occurs this notice : " Ther was Gilbert Thomas fadir , name the trewe man and gode , He loved God and holi cherche setthe he witte onderstode ; The cros to the holi cherche in his zouthe he nom , myd on Rychard that was his mon to ...
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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.