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... green , Another was clad in pall ; And then came in my lord Barnard's wife , The fairest amonst them all . She cast an eye on little Musgrave , As bright. Little Musgrave 3 LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD- The fairest amongst them all.
... green , Another was clad in pall ; And then came in my lord Barnard's wife , The fairest amonst them all . She cast an eye on little Musgrave , As bright. Little Musgrave 3 LITTLE MUSGRAVE AND LADY BARNARD- The fairest amongst them all.
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... wife . ” " If this be true , thou little tiny page , This thing thou tellest to me , Then all the land in Bucklesfordbery I freely will give to thee . " But if it be a lie , thou little tiny page , This thing thou tellest to me , On the ...
... wife . ” " If this be true , thou little tiny page , This thing thou tellest to me , Then all the land in Bucklesfordbery I freely will give to thee . " But if it be a lie , thou little tiny page , This thing thou tellest to me , On the ...
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... wife . " He cut her paps from off her breast , Great pity it was to see , That some drops of this lady's heart's blood Ran trickling down her knee . " Woe worth you , woe worth , my merry men all , You were ne'er born for my good ; Why ...
... wife . " He cut her paps from off her breast , Great pity it was to see , That some drops of this lady's heart's blood Ran trickling down her knee . " Woe worth you , woe worth , my merry men all , You were ne'er born for my good ; Why ...
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... wife . " Foul fa ' the han ' that I should take , It twin'd me an ' my wardle's make . ” " Your cherry cheeks and yallow hair , Gars me gae maiden for evermair . " O out it came the miller's son , An ' saw the fair maid swimmin ' in ...
... wife . " Foul fa ' the han ' that I should take , It twin'd me an ' my wardle's make . ” " Your cherry cheeks and yallow hair , Gars me gae maiden for evermair . " O out it came the miller's son , An ' saw the fair maid swimmin ' in ...
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... ; She , " quoth the innholder , " my wife shall not be ; " I loathe , " said the gentleman , " a beggar's degree , Therefore , now farewell , my pretty Bessee . " " Why then , " quoth the knight , " The Blind Beggar's Daughter 29.
... ; She , " quoth the innholder , " my wife shall not be ; " I loathe , " said the gentleman , " a beggar's degree , Therefore , now farewell , my pretty Bessee . " " Why then , " quoth the knight , " The Blind Beggar's Daughter 29.
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Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern, Volume 1 Reginald Brimley Johnson Visualização completa - 1894 |
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Adam Bel arrow auld ballads Bednall Green blind beggar blood bonny bower Captain Car Carterhaugh Cheviot Child Waters Clym dead dear doughty Douglas Earl Ellen fair Annet Fair Janet fair lady fast father foot-page frae gallant gane Glasgerion gold hame hand hast hath HEADPIECE heart hundrith Jock king king's knee knight Lamkin Little John little Musgrave Lord Barnard lord Howard lord Persè maid maiden main-mast tree mair maun merry Messrs mother ne'er never noble nourice nut-brown bride o'er Otterbourne pretty Bessee quoth ride Robin Hood says ship shot Sir Andrew Barton sister slain spake steed sweet William sword ta'en TAILPIECE Tam Lin tane thee thou little Thou shalt town true love twa sisters unto W. B. Yeats weel wife William of Cloudeslè wood yeomen yonder Young Johnstone
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Página 91 - Their hats they swam aboon. O lang, lang, may their ladies sit Wi' their fans into their hand, Or e'er they see Sir Patrick Spence Come sailing to the land. O lang, lang, may the ladies stand Wi' their gold kems in their hair, Waiting for their ain dear lords, For they'll see them na mair.
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Página 183 - their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his guid braid sword, That could so sharply wound, Has wounded Douglas on the brow, Till he fell to the ground. Then he called on his little foot-page, And said—" Run speedily, And fetch my ain dear sister's son,
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Página 49 - bride ; Fair Annet may leave the land." Up then rose fair Annet's father, Twa hours or it were day, And he is gane into the bower Wherein fair Annet lay. " Rise up, rise up, fair Annet," he says, " Put on your silken sheen ; Let us gae to St. Mary's kirk, And see that rich
Página 16 - leaned on his brand, And saw the Douglas dee ; He took the dead man by the hand, And said, "Woe is me for thee ! " To have saved thy life, I would have parted with My landes for years three, For a better man, of heart nor of hand, Was not in all the north
Página 223 - And then I'll be your ain true-love, I'll turn a naked knight; Then cover me wi' your green mantle, And cover me out o' sight." Gloomy, gloomy, was the night, And eerie was the way, As fair Jenny, in her green mantle, To Miles Cross she did gae.
Página 183 - He belted on his guid braid sword, And to the field he ran; But he forgot the helmet good, That should have kept his brain. When Percy wi' the Douglas met, I wat he was fu' fain ; They swakked their swords, till sair they swat, And the blood ran down like rain. But Percy with his guid braid sword,
Página 88 - Was fifty fathom deep. When bells were rung, and mass was sung, And a' the bairns came hame, When every lady gat hame her son, The Lady Maisry gat nane. She's ta'en her mantle her about, Her coffer by the hand ; And she's gane out to seek her son, And