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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... Look back , look back , now , lady fair , On him that lo'ed ye weel ! A better man than that blue corpse Ne'er drew a sword of steel . " — 55 60 PRINCE ROBERT WAS first published in the Minstrelsy of the LORD WILLIAM . 21.
... Look back , look back , now , lady fair , On him that lo'ed ye weel ! A better man than that blue corpse Ne'er drew a sword of steel . " — 55 60 PRINCE ROBERT WAS first published in the Minstrelsy of the LORD WILLIAM . 21.
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... look'd on his gay gold ring , And riven was the stone . Time after this was not expir'd A month but scarcely three , Till black and ugly was the ring , 66 And the stone was burst in three . Fight on , fight on , you merry men all , With ...
... look'd on his gay gold ring , And riven was the stone . Time after this was not expir'd A month but scarcely three , Till black and ugly was the ring , 66 And the stone was burst in three . Fight on , fight on , you merry men all , With ...
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... look east , my heart is sair , But when I look west , it's mair and mair ;. For then I see the braes o ' Yarrow , And there , for aye , I lost my marrow . ' " We have added an uncollated copy from Buchan's Ballads of the North of ...
... look east , my heart is sair , But when I look west , it's mair and mair ;. For then I see the braes o ' Yarrow , And there , for aye , I lost my marrow . ' " We have added an uncollated copy from Buchan's Ballads of the North of ...
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... look'd atween him and the sun , And a ' to see what there might be , Till he spied a man in armour bright , 66 Was riding that way most hastilie . " O wha is yon , that came this way , Sae hastilie that hither came ? I think it be my ...
... look'd atween him and the sun , And a ' to see what there might be , Till he spied a man in armour bright , 66 Was riding that way most hastilie . " O wha is yon , that came this way , Sae hastilie that hither came ? I think it be my ...
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... , And a ' to be put down . " Why weep ye so , ye burgess wives , Why look ye so on me ? OI am going to Edinburgh town , A rich wedding for to see . " - 45 50 55 60 65 When she gaed up the tolbooth stairs , The corks THE QUEEN'S MARIE . 117.
... , And a ' to be put down . " Why weep ye so , ye burgess wives , Why look ye so on me ? OI am going to Edinburgh town , A rich wedding for to see . " - 45 50 55 60 65 When she gaed up the tolbooth stairs , The corks THE QUEEN'S MARIE . 117.
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