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... bonnie ship- has in more recent times wailed forth in the touching ballad of Auld Robin Gray , ' or the ' Highland Mary ' of Burns . One word in conclusion on the general characteristics of Scottish as compared with English ballads , of ...
... bonnie ship- has in more recent times wailed forth in the touching ballad of Auld Robin Gray , ' or the ' Highland Mary ' of Burns . One word in conclusion on the general characteristics of Scottish as compared with English ballads , of ...
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... And stuckit him like a swine . 25 And first came out the thick thick blood , And syne came out the thinn : 30 And syne came out the bonnie heart's blood There was nae mair within . She's row'd him in a cake o ' lead , 42 BALLAD III .
... And stuckit him like a swine . 25 And first came out the thick thick blood , And syne came out the thinn : 30 And syne came out the bonnie heart's blood There was nae mair within . She's row'd him in a cake o ' lead , 42 BALLAD III .
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... bonnie burn , ' Tis pleasant there to be : To feed my men and me . But there is nought at Otterburne ' The deer rins wild on hill and dale , 45 The birds fly wild from tree to tree : But there is neither bread nor kale To fend my men ...
... bonnie burn , ' Tis pleasant there to be : To feed my men and me . But there is nought at Otterburne ' The deer rins wild on hill and dale , 45 The birds fly wild from tree to tree : But there is neither bread nor kale To fend my men ...
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... bonnie boy Sent out his horse to grass : And he that had not a bonnie boy His ain servant he was . But up then spake a little page Before the peep of dawn . ' O waken ye , waken ye , my good Lord For Percy's hard at hand . ' ' Ye lie ...
... bonnie boy Sent out his horse to grass : And he that had not a bonnie boy His ain servant he was . But up then spake a little page Before the peep of dawn . ' O waken ye , waken ye , my good Lord For Percy's hard at hand . ' ' Ye lie ...
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... bonnie boy , & c . ] A great many youths accompanied the army as servants , for every one who could , on the march , rode a small horse . On joining battle these lads with the horses under their charge retired , and if the battle went ...
... bonnie boy , & c . ] A great many youths accompanied the army as servants , for every one who could , on the march , rode a small horse . On joining battle these lads with the horses under their charge retired , and if the battle went ...
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