English and Scottish ballads, selected and ed. by F.J. Child, Volume 4Francis James Child 1857 |
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... mother , Aye and an angry woman was shee ; " Ye might have excepted our bonny bride , And twa or three of our companie . " " O hold your tongue , thou bride's mother ; Of all your folly let me be ; She's ten times fairer nor the bride ...
... mother , Aye and an angry woman was shee ; " Ye might have excepted our bonny bride , And twa or three of our companie . " " O hold your tongue , thou bride's mother ; Of all your folly let me be ; She's ten times fairer nor the bride ...
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... mother , named Rose , whom Polyd . Virgilius falsely nameth to be a Saracen , when indeed she came out of the parts bordering neere to Normandy . " Fox , Acts and Monuments , cited by Motherwell , p . xvi . " O gin a lady wad borrow me ...
... mother , named Rose , whom Polyd . Virgilius falsely nameth to be a Saracen , when indeed she came out of the parts bordering neere to Normandy . " Fox , Acts and Monuments , cited by Motherwell , p . xvi . " O gin a lady wad borrow me ...
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... mother's marys , To haud ye unthocht lang . " Ye dress yoursel i ' the red scarlet , And your marys in dainty green ; And ye put girdles about your Wad buy an earldome . middle " Syne ye gang down by yon sea - side , And down by yon sea ...
... mother's marys , To haud ye unthocht lang . " Ye dress yoursel i ' the red scarlet , And your marys in dainty green ; And ye put girdles about your Wad buy an earldome . middle " Syne ye gang down by yon sea - side , And down by yon sea ...
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... mother , And he told na ane o ' her kin ; But he whisper'd the bonnie lassie hersell , And has her favour won . But out then cam Lord Lochinvar , Out frae the English Border , All for to court this bonny may , Weel mounted , and in ...
... mother , And he told na ane o ' her kin ; But he whisper'd the bonnie lassie hersell , And has her favour won . But out then cam Lord Lochinvar , Out frae the English Border , All for to court this bonny may , Weel mounted , and in ...
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... mother , The chief of a ' her kin ; And then he ask'd the bonnie lass , And did her favour win . Doun came an English gentleman , Doun from the English border ; He is for this bonnie lass , To keep his house in order . 5 10 15 He ask'd ...
... mother , The chief of a ' her kin ; And then he ask'd the bonnie lass , And did her favour win . Doun came an English gentleman , Doun from the English border ; He is for this bonnie lass , To keep his house in order . 5 10 15 He ask'd ...
Common terms and phrases
Aboyne auld baith Balow beggar birk bonnie Lizzie bonny Lizie Baillie bride brume blooms bonnie Buchan's Ballads Captain Ogilvie daughter dear Earl easie won fair Flower fair lady father Flower of Northumberland frae gane gang Glenlogie gold gowd greene willow Greensleeves Grissel gude hame hand Hazelgreen heart hey lillelu hieland Jamie Douglas Johnie Johnie Scot king Kinloch's knee knight Lady Elspat Laird land lassie Lizie Lizie Lindsay Lord Phenix maid mair Makyne marry maun mother ne'er never noble o'er PATIENT GRISSEL Percy Percy Society pretty Bessee prison quoth rantin ride Robene rode sall Scotland Scottish Ballads shal shee Sing spak steed strand Susie Pye Sweet William ta'en thee thou shalt Tommy Pots true love unto waly wedding weel Whan wife Ye'll Ye're yetts young Beichan young Bekie
Popular passages
Page 134 - Tis not sic cauld that makes me cry, But my Love's heart grown cauld to me. When we came in by Glasgow town We were a comely sight to see; My Love was clad in the black velvet, And I mysell in cramasie.
Page 133 - Love did lichtlie me. O waly, waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new! But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld, And fades awa
Page 136 - Love wont to gae! 1 leant my back unto an aik, I thought it was a trusty tree; But first it bow'd, and syne it brak, Sae my true Love did lichtly me. O waly waly, but love be bonny A little time while it is new; But when 'tis auld, it waxeth cauld And fades awa...
Page 133 - Or wherefore should I kame my hair ? For my true love has me forsook, And says he'll never love me mair.
Page 151 - For in my mynde, of all mankynde I love but you alone.
Page 203 - Spaniards fraught with jealousy we often find, But Englishmen through all the world are counted kind. "Leave me not unto a Spaniard, You alone enjoy my heart ; I am lovely, young, and tender, Love is likewise my desert : Still to serve thee day and night my mind is prest, The wife of every Englishman is counted blest.
Page 31 - O come ye here to fight, young lord, Or come ye here to play? "Or come ye here to drink good wine Upon the wedding day?" "I come na here to fight," he said, I come na here to play; I'll but lead a dance wi 1 the bonnie bride, And mount and go my way.
Page 29 - THERE was a may, and a weel-far'd may, Lived high up in yon glen : Her name was Katharine Janfarie, She was courted by mony men. Up then came Lord Lauderdale, Up frae the Lawland Border ; And he has come to court this may, A
Page 134 - Martinmas wind, when wilt thou blaw, And shake the green leaves off the tree? O gentle death, when wilt thou come ? For of my life I am weary.
Page 176 - But tell me first what thou canst do ; Thou shalt be fitted thereunto. " Wilt thou be usher of my hall, To wait upon my nobles all ? Or wilt thou be taster of my wine, To wait on me when I do dine ? u Or wilt thou be my chamberlain, To make my bed both soft and fine ? Or wilt thou be one of my guard ? And I will give thee thy reward.