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... HORN , HUGHIE THE GRÆME , JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD , JELLON GRAME , JOCK O ' THE side , • 125 . 495 564 335 578 JOHNNIE ARMSTRANG , 487 JOHNNIE OF BREADISLEE , 471 JOHNNIE FAA , 616 JOHNNIE SCOT , . 432 JOHN THOMSON AND THE TURK ...
... HORN , HUGHIE THE GRÆME , JAMIE TELFER OF THE FAIR DODHEAD , JELLON GRAME , JOCK O ' THE side , • 125 . 495 564 335 578 JOHNNIE ARMSTRANG , 487 JOHNNIE OF BREADISLEE , 471 JOHNNIE FAA , 616 JOHNNIE SCOT , . 432 JOHN THOMSON AND THE TURK ...
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... horn , ' for ' bugelet horn . ' The copy principally used in this [ Scott's ] edition of the ballad was supplied by Mr. Charles K. Sharpe . The three last verses are given from the printed copy , and from tradition . The hackneyed verse ...
... horn , ' for ' bugelet horn . ' The copy principally used in this [ Scott's ] edition of the ballad was supplied by Mr. Charles K. Sharpe . The three last verses are given from the printed copy , and from tradition . The hackneyed verse ...
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... horn hung down by his side , And lightly they baith rade away . 4 Lord William look'd over his left shoulder- He look'd to see what he could see- And he spy'd her father and brethren bold , Come riding hastily over the lea . 5 " Light ...
... horn hung down by his side , And lightly they baith rade away . 4 Lord William look'd over his left shoulder- He look'd to see what he could see- And he spy'd her father and brethren bold , Come riding hastily over the lea . 5 " Light ...
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... horn hung down by his side , And slowly they baith rade away . 11 Oh , they rade slowly and sadly on , And all by the light of the moon ; They rade till they came to yon wan water , And there they alighted them down . 12 They alighted ...
... horn hung down by his side , And slowly they baith rade away . 11 Oh , they rade slowly and sadly on , And all by the light of the moon ; They rade till they came to yon wan water , And there they alighted them down . 12 They alighted ...
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... horn ; In it three draps of Saint Paul's ain bluid , That ha'e been there since he was born . 17 " Drap twa of them on your ladye , And ane upon your new - born son ; Then as lively they baith will be As the first night ye brought them ...
... horn ; In it three draps of Saint Paul's ain bluid , That ha'e been there since he was born . 17 " Drap twa of them on your ladye , And ane upon your new - born son ; Then as lively they baith will be As the first night ye brought them ...
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amang auld baith Ballads and Songs bent sae brown blaw blawn my plaid bluid bow'r bride brother Buchan's Ancient Ballads Burd castle cauld Child Child Rowland Clerk Saunders copy cou'd e'er Earl Earl Brand English fair Annie fair Janet father fause Fause Foodrage frae gane gang gi'e gold gowd greenwood gude ha'e ye hadna hair hame hand horn Hynde Jamieson's Kemp Owyne King king's daughter kirk knee knight Lady Maisry ladye fair land Leesome Brand maid Margaret maun Minstrelsy mother dear Motherwell nae mair nane ne'er never o'er plaid awa Popular Ballads printed recitation ride ring says Scotland Scots Scottish Ballads shou'd Sir Walter Scott sister spake stanzas steed Sweet Willie ta'en thee thou true love turn'd unto weel William wind hath blawn wou'd ye'll young young Bekie
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Page 58 - When word came to the carline wife That her sons she'd never see. "I wish the wind may never cease, Nor fashes in the flood, Till my three sons come hame to me In earthly flesh and blood!" It fell about the Martinmas, When nights are lang and mirk, The carline wife's three sons came hame, And their hats were o
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Page 376 - Ercildoune, a person came running in, and told, with marks of fear and astonishment, that a hart and hind had left the neighbouring forest, and were, composedly and slowly, parading the street of the village. The prophet instantly arose, left his habitation, and followed the wonderful animals to the forest, whence he was never seen to return. According to the popular belief, he still "drees his weird" in Fairy Land, and is one day expected to revisit earth.
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Page 372 - Wi' the auld moon in her arm ; And if we gang to sea, master, I fear we'll come to harm." They hadna sailed a league, a league, A league but barely three, When the lift grew dark, and the wind blew loud, And gurly grew the sea. The ankers brak, and the top-masts lap, It was sic a deadly storm ; And the waves cam o'er the broken ship, Till a