English and Scottish Ballads: Book IV. Tragic Ballads (pt. 11-32). Book V. Love Ballads not tragic (pt. 1-8) v. 4. Book V. Love Ballads not tragic (pt. 9-45)Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1857 - Ballads, English |
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... called in Wales Canhwyllan Cyrph , which are sometimes seen to illu- minate the spot where a dead body is concealed . The Editor is informed , that , some years ago , the corpse of a man , drowned in the Ettrick , below Selkirk , was ...
... called in Wales Canhwyllan Cyrph , which are sometimes seen to illu- minate the spot where a dead body is concealed . The Editor is informed , that , some years ago , the corpse of a man , drowned in the Ettrick , below Selkirk , was ...
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... called bahr- recht , or the law of the bier ; because , the murdered body being stretched upon a bier , the suspected person was obliged to put one hand upon the wound and the other upon the mouth of the deceased , and , in that posture ...
... called bahr- recht , or the law of the bier ; because , the murdered body being stretched upon a bier , the suspected person was obliged to put one hand upon the wound and the other upon the mouth of the deceased , and , in that posture ...
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... called her servants ane by ane , She called them twa by twa : " I have got a dead man in my bower , I wish he were awa . " The ane has ta'en him by the hand , And the other by the feet ; 15 20 25 30 And they've thrown him in a deep draw ...
... called her servants ane by ane , She called them twa by twa : " I have got a dead man in my bower , I wish he were awa . " The ane has ta'en him by the hand , And the other by the feet ; 15 20 25 30 And they've thrown him in a deep draw ...
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... called the dwelling of the feigned sweet - heart , Castleswa . " LORD WILLIAM was the bravest knight That dwalt in fair Scotland , And though renown'd in France and Spain , Fell by a ladie's hand . As she was walking maid alone , Down ...
... called the dwelling of the feigned sweet - heart , Castleswa . " LORD WILLIAM was the bravest knight That dwalt in fair Scotland , And though renown'd in France and Spain , Fell by a ladie's hand . As she was walking maid alone , Down ...
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... called to her waiting - maid , To bring her a riding weed ; And she called to her stable groom , To saddle her milk - white steed . But when she came to Earl Robert's bouir , To the middle of a ' the ha ' , 35 40 There were bells a ...
... called to her waiting - maid , To bring her a riding weed ; And she called to her stable groom , To saddle her milk - white steed . But when she came to Earl Robert's bouir , To the middle of a ' the ha ' , 35 40 There were bells a ...
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