Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... King Henry the Fifth's Conquest , which the editor took down from the singing of the late Francis King , of Skipton in Craven , an eccentric character , who was well known in the western dales of Yorkshire as " the Skipton Minstrel . " ...
... King Henry the Fifth's Conquest , which the editor took down from the singing of the late Francis King , of Skipton in Craven , an eccentric character , who was well known in the western dales of Yorkshire as " the Skipton Minstrel . " ...
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Percy Society. XII . King James I and the Tinkler . ( TRADITIONAL . ) THE ballad of King James I and the Tinkler was probably written either in , or shortly after the reign of the monarch who is the hero . The incident recorded is said ...
Percy Society. XII . King James I and the Tinkler . ( TRADITIONAL . ) THE ballad of King James I and the Tinkler was probably written either in , or shortly after the reign of the monarch who is the hero . The incident recorded is said ...
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... King's on the border a - chasing the deer . And truly I wish I so happy may be Whilst he is a hunting the King I might see ; For altho ' I've travelled the land many ways I never have yet seen a King in my days . The King , with a ...
... King's on the border a - chasing the deer . And truly I wish I so happy may be Whilst he is a hunting the King I might see ; For altho ' I've travelled the land many ways I never have yet seen a King in my days . The King , with a ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
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