Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page 93
... copy bears a greater resemblance to one in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum , vol . vi . 1803 , but the variations between the differ- ent copies are very considerable , and a vein of quaint humour runs through ours , which is not found ...
... copy bears a greater resemblance to one in Johnson's Scots Musical Museum , vol . vi . 1803 , but the variations between the differ- ent copies are very considerable , and a vein of quaint humour runs through ours , which is not found ...
Page 106
... copy . In Ritson's version , Carlisle is the locality . Subsequently to the publication of the ballad by Ritson , a copy was inserted in Johnson's Museum , which was obtained from oral recitation in Ayr- shire . In this latter version ...
... copy . In Ritson's version , Carlisle is the locality . Subsequently to the publication of the ballad by Ritson , a copy was inserted in Johnson's Museum , which was obtained from oral recitation in Ayr- shire . In this latter version ...
Page 60
... copy of which is now given , as it has existed in all the common broadside editions that have appeared from 1672 to the present time . Although the original copies have all perished , the ballad has been very satisfactorily proved by ...
... copy of which is now given , as it has existed in all the common broadside editions that have appeared from 1672 to the present time . Although the original copies have all perished , the ballad has been very satisfactorily proved by ...
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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