Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 21
Page 57
... delight , As the rose was so sweetly blown . The next Knight came was all in green , With the high and the lily oh ! And asked of her , if she'd be his Queen , As the rose was so sweetly blown . The third Knight came was all in red ...
... delight , As the rose was so sweetly blown . The next Knight came was all in green , With the high and the lily oh ! And asked of her , if she'd be his Queen , As the rose was so sweetly blown . The third Knight came was all in red ...
Page 171
... Delightful Grove ; a work published about 1796. The song is old , and often heard in the dales of Yorkshire . SWEET Nelly ! my heart's delight ! Be loving , and do not slight The proffer I make , for modesty's sake , - I honour your ...
... Delightful Grove ; a work published about 1796. The song is old , and often heard in the dales of Yorkshire . SWEET Nelly ! my heart's delight ! Be loving , and do not slight The proffer I make , for modesty's sake , - I honour your ...
Page 249
... delight , And made them all to laugh outright ; So Dicky had no more to say , But saddled his dapple and rode away . Diddle dum di , & c . " In concluding these remarks , we may just observe that we lately heard an old Yorkshire yeoman ...
... delight , And made them all to laugh outright ; So Dicky had no more to say , But saddled his dapple and rode away . Diddle dum di , & c . " In concluding these remarks , we may just observe that we lately heard an old Yorkshire yeoman ...
Contents
King James I and the Tinkler | 12 |
The Keach i the Creel | 13 |
The Merry Broomfield or the Westcountry Wager | 14 |
Copyright | |
67 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ancient Arthur O'Bradley baith ballad barley-mow beggar bonny Bonny Hind boys bride broadside castle Complaynt of Scotland copy Crosiers daughter dear Death dochter doth doun Edinburgh editor England fair upon Tay father frae Gamery gang gold gowd green burn sidie gude hame heart heir Heir of Linne Here's a health Hey wi husband-man Johnstoun stands fair jolly King Knight lady ladye land lily oh lindie Linne Lord Bateman Lord Lovel love Gregory luve married maun ne'er never noble o'er painful plough Parcy Reed pedlar PERCY SOCIETY pray pretty Bessee proper St quoth Robin Hood rose roun says Scottish serving-man sing song sorrow spak steed Stirling for aye sweet sweetly blown ta'en tell thee thou thro toun twa sisters unto verse Wanton Broun weel wife Yarrow Ye'll young young Beichan Young Bekie