The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British BalladsWilliam Allingham Sever and Francis, 1865 - 397 páginas |
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The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads William Allingham Visualização completa - 1907 |
The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads William Allingham Visualização completa - 1865 |
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abbot ain true love amang anither Annie auld bairn baith ballad Binnorie bonny mill-dams bower bride broom blooms bonnie castle Childe Maurice Clerk Saunders daughter dear doun Ettrick Forest Fair Annie father fause frae gane gang gentyll knyght Glasgerion Glenlogie grene wode grete gude hame heigh-ho hey lillelu hondred pounde Johnnie Kempion King kiss knee kynge lady lady's ladye Lamkin land lily gay little Musgrave Lord Thomas mair maun mayster merry monke mother nane ne'er never night Notyngham o'er Outlaw Outlaw Murray Percy primrose spreads proud sheryf rade Robin Hood Robyn Hode sall sayd Lytell Johan sayd Robyn sayd the knyght says Scotland Sir Patrick Spens spak spreads so sweetly steed ta'en thee thou true love unto weel Whan winna wolde wyll young Beichan ΙΟ
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