Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... fear'd a future state till now , My bags of gold and land I'd freely give , For to obtain the favour here to live , Until I have a sure foundation laid . Let me not die before my peace be made ! DEATH . Thou hast not many minutes here ...
... fear'd a future state till now , My bags of gold and land I'd freely give , For to obtain the favour here to live , Until I have a sure foundation laid . Let me not die before my peace be made ! DEATH . Thou hast not many minutes here ...
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... They would rob you of every penny . O ! never mind , says the old man , Thieves I fear on no side ; My money is safe in my bags , In the saddle on which I ride . As they were a - riding along , And riding BALLADS , AND SONGS . 127.
... They would rob you of every penny . O ! never mind , says the old man , Thieves I fear on no side ; My money is safe in my bags , In the saddle on which I ride . As they were a - riding along , And riding BALLADS , AND SONGS . 127.
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... fear , Till he came to the house where lived his sweet dear , When he knocked , and shouted , and bellowed , hallo ! Be the folks at home ? say aye or no . A trusty servant let him in , That he his courtship might begin ; Young Richard ...
... fear , Till he came to the house where lived his sweet dear , When he knocked , and shouted , and bellowed , hallo ! Be the folks at home ? say aye or no . A trusty servant let him in , That he his courtship might begin ; Young Richard ...
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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