Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... courtier , And a courtier come to thee , For if ye will not grant me your luve , For thy sake I will dee . If you dee for my sake , she says , Few for you will make mane ; Many better's died for my sake , Their graves are growin ' green ...
... courtier , And a courtier come to thee , For if ye will not grant me your luve , For thy sake I will dee . If you dee for my sake , she says , Few for you will make mane ; Many better's died for my sake , Their graves are growin ' green ...
Page 94
... courtiers . Chambers thinks the ballad is " as old as the time of the earlier of the English Henrys , " and Scott remarks that it seems to be the most modern in which the harp as a Border instrument of music is found to occur . " " The ...
... courtiers . Chambers thinks the ballad is " as old as the time of the earlier of the English Henrys , " and Scott remarks that it seems to be the most modern in which the harp as a Border instrument of music is found to occur . " " The ...
Page 173
... courtiers do . I never knew A London beau that could out - do A country farmer's son . V. Wooing Song of a Deoman of Kent's Sonne . THERE are modern copies of this song , but the present version is copied from Melismata , Musical ...
... courtiers do . I never knew A London beau that could out - do A country farmer's son . V. Wooing Song of a Deoman of Kent's Sonne . THERE are modern copies of this song , but the present version is copied from Melismata , Musical ...
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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