Minstrelsy, Ancient and Modern: With an Historical Introduction and Notes, Volume 1William Motherwell W. D. Ticknor & Company, 1846 - Ballads |
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... tion , are properly termed SONGS , in contradistinction to mere narrative compositions , which we now denominate BALLADS . A similar idea is adopted by the Spaniards ; and in France , every division almost of which the subject is ...
... tion , are properly termed SONGS , in contradistinction to mere narrative compositions , which we now denominate BALLADS . A similar idea is adopted by the Spaniards ; and in France , every division almost of which the subject is ...
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... tion of lord and lady , and invoking the aid of the Virgin Mary , & c . , to give a sketch of the parentage , education , and promising qualities of the doughty knight or gentle squire who is to figure in it . There is no pompous an ...
... tion of lord and lady , and invoking the aid of the Virgin Mary , & c . , to give a sketch of the parentage , education , and promising qualities of the doughty knight or gentle squire who is to figure in it . There is no pompous an ...
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... tion ; and they have throughout the marks of a composition not meant for being committed to writing , but whose musick facilitated the traditionary preservation of these relics ; and it is to such materials , handed down in this manner ...
... tion ; and they have throughout the marks of a composition not meant for being committed to writing , but whose musick facilitated the traditionary preservation of these relics ; and it is to such materials , handed down in this manner ...
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... tion , has seated them firmly in the hearts and affections of the people , and secured them for centuries from being swept away by the more elaborated and artificial strains which recent and succeeding times have accumulated . It is ...
... tion , has seated them firmly in the hearts and affections of the people , and secured them for centuries from being swept away by the more elaborated and artificial strains which recent and succeeding times have accumulated . It is ...
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... tion their being matter of incontrovertible fact , I may state for the information of those who may hereafter choose to amuse themselves in the quest of olden song , would eventu- ally find the lips of every venerable sybil in the land ...
... tion their being matter of incontrovertible fact , I may state for the information of those who may hereafter choose to amuse themselves in the quest of olden song , would eventu- ally find the lips of every venerable sybil in the land ...
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ancient ballads ancient song antiquity appears auld birk blude bonnie banks Border Minstrelsy brume blooms bonnie Buchan's Clyde's water collection Complaynt Complaynt of Scotland compositions copy curious daughter Earl Marshall Earl of Murray Edinburgh edition Editor Eh vow bonnie Eldridge English fair Fair Annie fayre Finlay Fordie frae given gowd gude hame heroick hey lillelu historick Hynd Horn Jamie Douglas Jamieson John Johnie Johnie Scot King knight Lady Maisry ladye laird land Lizie Wan Lord mair Margaret maun Metrical Minstrel narrative never Norway o'er old ballad poem poet Popular Ballads preserved printed published recitation Reliques Ritson Romance romantick says Scotland Scots Scottish Ballads shee Sir Patrick Sir Patrick Spens spak stanza steed Syr Cauline ta'en thee thou tion TWA BROTHERS volume weel whare wind young Benjie young Logie
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Page 164 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine ?" O up and spak' an eldern knight, Sat at the king's right knee, " Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor, That ever sailed the sea.
Page 270 - 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 271 - It neither grew in syke nor ditch, Nor yet in ony sheugh; But at the gates o' Paradise That birk grew fair eneugh.
Page 166 - 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
Page 73 - 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 163 - Our king has written a braid letter, And sealed it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand.
Page 61 - Tis we must fetch her hame ' They hoysed their sails on Monenday morn, Wi' a' the speed they may ; They hae landed in Noroway, Upon a Wodensday.
Page 168 - O lang, lang, may the ladyes sit, Wi' their fans into their hand, Before they see Sir Patrick Spens Come sailing to the strand ! And lang, lang, may the maidens sit, Wi' their goud kaims in their hair, A' waiting for their ain dear loves ! For them they 'll see na mair.
Page 197 - OF a' the maids o' fair Scotland, The fairest was Marjorie; And young Benjie was her ae true love, And a dear true love was he. And wow but they were lovers dear, , And loved fu' constantlie ; But aye the mair when they fell out, The sairer was their plea.
Page 245 - I wad never hae trodden on Irish ground, If it had not been for thee. " I might have had a king's daughter, Far far beyond the sea ; 1 might have had a king's daughter, Had it not been for love o