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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... woman ! Nae cage o ' gowd for me ; As ye hae done to Erl Richard , Sae wad ye do to me . " She hadna cross'd a rigg o ' land , A rigg but barely ane , When she met wi ' his auld father , Came riding all alane . " Where hae ye been , now ...
... woman ! Nae cage o ' gowd for me ; As ye hae done to Erl Richard , Sae wad ye do to me . " She hadna cross'd a rigg o ' land , A rigg but barely ane , When she met wi ' his auld father , Came riding all alane . " Where hae ye been , now ...
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... woman , And she spak ae wi ' spite : - “ An there be a slain knicht in your bouer , It's yoursel that has the wyte . " " O heal this deed on me , Meggy , O heal this deed on me ; 15 20 35 25 30 The silks that war shapen for me gen ...
... woman , And she spak ae wi ' spite : - “ An there be a slain knicht in your bouer , It's yoursel that has the wyte . " " O heal this deed on me , Meggy , O heal this deed on me ; 15 20 35 25 30 The silks that war shapen for me gen ...
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... woman was scho ; - " There's na a place in a Clyde's water , But my son wad gae through . " They've sought Clyde's water up and doun , They've sought it out and in , And the deepest place o ' Clyde's water They fund young Redin in . 65 ...
... woman was scho ; - " There's na a place in a Clyde's water , But my son wad gae through . " They've sought Clyde's water up and doun , They've sought it out and in , And the deepest place o ' Clyde's water They fund young Redin in . 65 ...
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... woman , O ill may her betide ; I ne'er wad slain him young Redin , And thrown him in the Clyde . " Then they've made a big bane - fire , The bouer - woman to brin ; It tuke na on her cheek , her cheek , It tuke na on her chin , ' But it ...
... woman , O ill may her betide ; I ne'er wad slain him young Redin , And thrown him in the Clyde . " Then they've made a big bane - fire , The bouer - woman to brin ; It tuke na on her cheek , her cheek , It tuke na on her chin , ' But it ...
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... woman , a native of Bonhill , in Dumbarton- shire ; and it is one of the earliest songs she remem- bers of having heard chanted on the classic banks of the Water of Leaven . " - Minstrelsy , p . 200 . Another copy is noted by the same ...
... woman , a native of Bonhill , in Dumbarton- shire ; and it is one of the earliest songs she remem- bers of having heard chanted on the classic banks of the Water of Leaven . " - Minstrelsy , p . 200 . Another copy is noted by the same ...
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Aldingar amang auld awaye babe bairn baith ballad bonny bower bride Buchan's castle Childe Waters Clyde's water daughter daye doun dowie Earl Richard Ellen Fair Annie fair Scotland father dear Fause Foodrage frae Gae hame gane gang gi'e gold gowd Græme gude lord ha'e hadna hand heart king kirk knee knight kyng Estmere ladye laird Lamkin Lammikin land Lord Weire Mary Hamilton maun mony mother Motherwell nae mair nane ne'er never nourice o'er ower Patrick Spence Patrick Spens Queen rade ride sall sayd Sayes Says Scottish Border shee Sir Aldingar Sir Hugh Sir Patrick Sir Patrick Spens slain spak steed sweet sword syne Syr Cauline ta'en thee thou thro town true love unto weel Whan wine winna wold woman Yarrow Ye'll young Hunting young Waters