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Five hunder pund to ye I'll gie , O'gowd an ' white monie , If ye ' ll wed John , my
ain cousin , He looks as fair as me . Keep well your monie , Bondwell , she said ,
Nae monie I ask o ' thee ; Your cousin John was my first luve , My husband now ...
Five hunder pund to ye I'll gie , O'gowd an ' white monie , If ye ' ll wed John , my
ain cousin , He looks as fair as me . Keep well your monie , Bondwell , she said ,
Nae monie I ask o ' thee ; Your cousin John was my first luve , My husband now ...
Page 72
By chance he met two troublesome blades , Two troublesome blades they
chanced to be ; The one of them was bold Robin Hood , And the other was little
John , so free . Oh ! pedlar , pedlar , what is in thy pack , Come speedilie and tell
to me ?
By chance he met two troublesome blades , Two troublesome blades they
chanced to be ; The one of them was bold Robin Hood , And the other was little
John , so free . Oh ! pedlar , pedlar , what is in thy pack , Come speedilie and tell
to me ?
Page 73
Go , you try , master , says little John , Go , you try , master , most speedilie , Or by
my body , says little John , I am sure this night you will not know me . Then Robin
Hood he drew his sword , And the pedlar by his pack did stand , They fought till ...
Go , you try , master , says little John , Go , you try , master , most speedilie , Or by
my body , says little John , I am sure this night you will not know me . Then Robin
Hood he drew his sword , And the pedlar by his pack did stand , They fought till ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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