Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Percy Society. Mony are my friens , mither , Though thousans were my foe , Betide me life , betide me death , To the Bride's Braidmuir I'll go , go , To the Bride's Braidmuir I'll go . The sark that was o ' Johnnie's back , Was o ' the ...
Percy Society. Mony are my friens , mither , Though thousans were my foe , Betide me life , betide me death , To the Bride's Braidmuir I'll go , go , To the Bride's Braidmuir I'll go . The sark that was o ' Johnnie's back , Was o ' the ...
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... ye true my trusty bow , An ' stout steel never fail ; Avenge me noo on a ' my foes , Wha have my life i ' bale , bale , Wha have my life i ' bale . Then Johnnie kill'd six foresters , An ' woundit the 80 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
... ye true my trusty bow , An ' stout steel never fail ; Avenge me noo on a ' my foes , Wha have my life i ' bale , bale , Wha have my life i ' bale . Then Johnnie kill'd six foresters , An ' woundit the 80 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
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... foes , Pawned all thy lands , and sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will obey . Soon after this his father dear Did ...
... foes , Pawned all thy lands , and sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will obey . Soon after this his father dear Did ...
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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