Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... 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 Percy to have been written in the reign of Elizabeth . The present reprint is ...
... 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 Percy to have been written in the reign of Elizabeth . The present reprint is ...
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... edition than any which has come to our hands . In the modern broadside the ballad is in four parts , whereas , in our older one , there is no such divi- sion , but a word at the commencement of each part is printed in capital letters ...
... edition than any which has come to our hands . In the modern broadside the ballad is in four parts , whereas , in our older one , there is no such divi- sion , but a word at the commencement of each part is printed in capital letters ...
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... edition of Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England , which has just issued from the press , we observe a version of this song , called Richard of Dalton Dale . FINIS . Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date 250 NOTES .
... edition of Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes of England , which has just issued from the press , we observe a version of this song , called Richard of Dalton Dale . FINIS . Los Angeles This book is DUE on the last date 250 NOTES .
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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