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... spake the Billy Blind · He spake aye in a good time ; 29. ' Ye doe ye to the market - place , And there buy ye a loaf o ' wax ; -- 30. ' Ye shape it bairn and bairnly like , 12 THE BEST BALLADS.
... spake the Billy Blind · He spake aye in a good time ; 29. ' Ye doe ye to the market - place , And there buy ye a loaf o ' wax ; -- 30. ' Ye shape it bairn and bairnly like , 12 THE BEST BALLADS.
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... thought to lay me . ' 15. She mounted on her milk - white steed , And led the dapple - grey , And she rode till she reach'd her father's gate , At the breakin ' o ' the day . 16. Up then spake the pretty parrot , ' May MAY COLVIN 21.
... thought to lay me . ' 15. She mounted on her milk - white steed , And led the dapple - grey , And she rode till she reach'd her father's gate , At the breakin ' o ' the day . 16. Up then spake the pretty parrot , ' May MAY COLVIN 21.
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... spake her father dear , In the bed - chamber where he lay : ' What ails the pretty parrot , That prattles so long ere day ? ' — 19. ' There came a cat to my cage , master , I thought ' t would have worried me , And I was calling to May ...
... spake her father dear , In the bed - chamber where he lay : ' What ails the pretty parrot , That prattles so long ere day ? ' — 19. ' There came a cat to my cage , master , I thought ' t would have worried me , And I was calling to May ...
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... spake the first o ' them , ' I bear the sword shall gar him die . ' And out and spake the second o ' them , ' His father has nae mair but he . ' 8. And out and spake the third o ' them , ' I wot that they are lovers dear . ' And out and ...
... spake the first o ' them , ' I bear the sword shall gar him die . ' And out and spake the second o ' them , ' His father has nae mair but he . ' 8. And out and spake the third o ' them , ' I wot that they are lovers dear . ' And out and ...
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... spake the sixth o ' them , ' It were shame to slay a sleeping man . ' 10. Then up and gat the seventh o ' them , And never a word spake he ; But he has striped his bright brown brand Out through Clerk Saunders ' fair bodye .. 11. Clerk ...
... spake the sixth o ' them , ' It were shame to slay a sleeping man . ' 10. Then up and gat the seventh o ' them , And never a word spake he ; But he has striped his bright brown brand Out through Clerk Saunders ' fair bodye .. 11. Clerk ...
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arrow auld bairn baith blude bonny bower brother Captain Ogilvie castle Childe Maurice Clyde's water daughter Douglas doun Edom Fair Annet Fair Janet father dear flee frae gane gang gar'd Glasgerion Glenlogie gold Gordon gowd green green-wood go gude hadna hair hame hand heart Jeanie King kirk kiss'd knee lady Lady Elspat ladye Lamkin land Linne Little John Little Musgrave Lord Randal maid mair mankind I love merry mickle mither nane ne'er never night noble nourice Nut-brown Maid o'er owre Percy pretty Bessee quoth rade ride Robin Hood sall sayd says Sir Patrick Spens sister slain spake steed Sweet William ta'en tell thee thou thro tree true-love turn'd unto weel wife Willie wine winna ye maun Ye'll Young Beichan Young Hunting
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Page 317 - O that I were where Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries; Out of my bed she bids me rise, Says "Haste and come to me!
Page 1 - Her shirt was o' the grass-green silk, Her mantle o' the velvet fyne ; At ilka tett of her horse's mane, Hung fifty siller bells and nine. True Thomas, he...
Page 167 - I counsel you, Remember how It is no maiden's law Nothing to doubt, but to run out To wood with an outlaw. For ye must there in your hand bear A bow ready to draw ; And as a thief thus must you live Ever in dread and awe ; Whereby to you great harm might grow : Yet had I liever than That I had to the green- wood go, Alone, a banished man.
Page 316 - Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle care, On fair Kirconnell lea.
Page 179 - Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.' Our King has written a braid letter, And seal'd it with his hand, And sent it to Sir Patrick Spens, Was walking on the strand. To Noroway, to Noroway, To Noroway o'er the faem; The King's daughter of Noroway, 'Tis thou maun bring her hame.
Page 159 - O where hae ye been, my handsome young man?" "I hae been to the wild wood; mother, make my bed soon. For I'm weary wi' hunting, and fain wald lie down." "Where gat ye your dinner, Lord Randal, my son? Where gat ye your dinner, my handsome young man?
Page 317 - Curst be the heart that thought the thought. And curst the hand that fired the shot. When in my arms burd ' Helen dropt. And died to succour me ! O think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak...
Page 179 - O wha is this has done this deed, And tauld the king o' me, To send us out, at this time of the year, To sail upon the sea?
Page 178 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 352 - For except thou canst answer me questions three, Thy head shall be smitten from thy bodie. And first, quo...