English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 2Francis James Child Little, Brown, 1860 - Ballads, English |
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... wife , The fairest amonst them all . She cast an eye on little Musgrave , As bright as the summer sun , And then bethought this little Musgrave , " This ladys heart have I woonn . ” 5 10 15 8 , lady . 10 , pale . 11 , Bernards . Quoth ...
... wife , The fairest amonst them all . She cast an eye on little Musgrave , As bright as the summer sun , And then bethought this little Musgrave , " This ladys heart have I woonn . ” 5 10 15 8 , lady . 10 , pale . 11 , Bernards . Quoth ...
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... wife . ” “ If this be true , thou little tinny page , This thing thou tellest to mee , Then all the land in Bucklesfordbery I freely will give to thee . 40 " But if it be a ly , thou little tinny page , 45 This thing thou tellest to me ...
... wife . ” “ If this be true , thou little tinny page , This thing thou tellest to mee , Then all the land in Bucklesfordbery I freely will give to thee . 40 " But if it be a ly , thou little tinny page , 45 This thing thou tellest to me ...
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... wife . ” 100 He cut her paps from off her brest , ( Great pity it was to see , ) That some drops of this ladies heart's blood Ran trickling downe her knee . " Woe worth you , woe worth [ you ] , my mery men all , You were ne're borne ...
... wife . ” 100 He cut her paps from off her brest , ( Great pity it was to see , ) That some drops of this ladies heart's blood Ran trickling downe her knee . " Woe worth you , woe worth [ you ] , my mery men all , You were ne're borne ...
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... wife , Has never lang time to stay . " 95 100 * * * * * Then out Lord Randal drew his brand , 105 And straiked it o'er a strae ; And through and through the fause knight's waste He gar❜d cald iron gae ; And I hope ilk ane sall sae be ...
... wife , Has never lang time to stay . " 95 100 * * * * * Then out Lord Randal drew his brand , 105 And straiked it o'er a strae ; And through and through the fause knight's waste He gar❜d cald iron gae ; And I hope ilk ane sall sae be ...
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... wife . " 10 15 5. The stall copies of the ballad complete the stanza thus : His face was fair , lang was his hair , In the wild woods he staid ; But his fame was for a fair lady That lived on Carronside . Which is no injudicious ...
... wife . " 10 15 5. The stall copies of the ballad complete the stanza thus : His face was fair , lang was his hair , In the wild woods he staid ; But his fame was for a fair lady That lived on Carronside . Which is no injudicious ...
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Andrew Lammie Auchanachie auld bairn baith ballad bluid bonnie banks bonny boy bonny mill-dams bower Childe Maurice Clerk Saunders Clyde's water copy door doun Eh vow bonnie fair Annet fair Annie Fair Janet faith and troth father flowers the valley Fordie frae Fyvie gane gang Gill Morice gin ye gowd green gude hame heart heigh-ho Hey wi Jamieson Jellon Grame kiss lady Maisry ladye lily gay little Musgrave Lochroyan Lord Barnard Lord Gregory Lord Randal Lord Thomas maidens Margaret Marjorie maun milldams of Binnorie Minstrelsy mother dear Motherwell nane ne'er never night nut-browne bride o'er primrose spreads pu'in rose sall says Scotland Scottish sister slain Songs spak spreads so sweetly stanzas steed sweet Willie ta'en thee thou Tiftie's true love Twa Brothers unto weel Whan Whare Willie's Ye'll yellow hair young young Benjie zour
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Page 70 - Up then crew the red, red cock, And up and crew the gray; The eldest to the youngest said,
Page 128 - My maids, gae to my dressing-room. And dress to me my smock ; The one half is o the holland fine, The other o needle-work.
Page 249 - I hae been to the wild wood; mother, make my bed soon, For I'm weary wi hunting, and fain wald lie down.
Page 116 - Rise up, rise up, now, Lord Douglas,' she says, 'And put on your armour so bright; Let it never be said that a daughter of thine Was married to a lord under night. 'Rise up, rise up, my seven bold sons, And put on your armour so bright, And take better care of your youngest sister, For your eldest's awa the last night.
Page 156 - O dinna ye mind, young man," said she, "When ye was in the tavern a drinking, That ye made the healths gae round and round, And slighted Barbara Allan?" He turnd his face unto the wall, And death was with him dealing: "Adieu, adieu, my dear friends all, And be kind to Barbara Allan.
Page 250 - For I'm weary wi hunting, and fain wald lie down." " OI fear ye are poisond, Lord Randal, my son! OI fear ye are poisond, my handsome young man!
Page 125 - LORD Thomas and fair Annet Sate a' day on a hill ; Whan night was cum, and sun was sett, They had not talkt their fill. Lord Thomas said a word in jest, Fair Annet took it ill : " A' I will nevir wed a wife Against my ain friends will.
Page 156 - He sent his man down through the town, To the place where she was dwelling; " O haste and come to my master dear, Gin ye be Barbara Allan.
Page 144 - And there they tyed in a true lovers knot, Which made all the people admire. Then came the clerk of the parish, As you the truth shall hear, And by misfortune cut them down, Or they had now been there. V. BARBARA ALLEN'S CRUELTY Given, with some corrections, from an old black-letter copy, intitled, ' Barbara Allen's cruelty, or the young man's tragedy.
Page 212 - I'll make a garland of thy hair Shall bind my heart for evermair Until the day I die. 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!