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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... mair white : " " But , nevertheless , now , Erl Richard , Ye will bide in my bower a ' night ? ' She birled him with the ale and wine , As they sat down to sup : A living man he laid him down , But I wot he ne'er rose up . Then up and ...
... mair white : " " But , nevertheless , now , Erl Richard , Ye will bide in my bower a ' night ? ' She birled him with the ale and wine , As they sat down to sup : A living man he laid him down , But I wot he ne'er rose up . Then up and ...
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... mair for Erl Richard , Although he were our brother . " It fell that , in that ladye's castle , The King was boun to bed ; And up and spake the popinjay , That flew abune his head . 70 " Leave aff your douking on the day , And 6 EARL ...
... mair for Erl Richard , Although he were our brother . " It fell that , in that ladye's castle , The King was boun to bed ; And up and spake the popinjay , That flew abune his head . 70 " Leave aff your douking on the day , And 6 EARL ...
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... Mair than I can say . " They've booted him , and they've spurred him , As he was wont to ride : - A huntin horn round his neck , And a sharp sword by his side ; In the deepest place o ' Clyde's water , It's there they ' ve made his bed ...
... Mair than I can say . " They've booted him , and they've spurred him , As he was wont to ride : - A huntin horn round his neck , And a sharp sword by his side ; In the deepest place o ' Clyde's water , It's there they ' ve made his bed ...
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... mair . " O where will I get a little boy , That will win hose and shoon , To rin sae fast to Darlinton , And bid fair Eleanor come ? " Then up and spake a little boy , 20 25 25 That wad win hose and shoon , — 30 " O I'll away to ...
... mair . " O where will I get a little boy , That will win hose and shoon , To rin sae fast to Darlinton , And bid fair Eleanor come ? " Then up and spake a little boy , 20 25 25 That wad win hose and shoon , — 30 " O I'll away to ...
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... mair luve than this , When they were young and at the scule ; 50 But for his sake she wauked late , And bored the coble o ' bonnie Cargill . " There's ne'er a clean sark gae on my back 32 THE WEARY COBLE O ' CARGILL .
... mair luve than this , When they were young and at the scule ; 50 But for his sake she wauked late , And bored the coble o ' bonnie Cargill . " There's ne'er a clean sark gae on my back 32 THE WEARY COBLE O ' CARGILL .
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