Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... gold , When he gangs till his bed ; Let the young prince clasp his coffer of gold , But I'll clasp my bonny bride . Out it spake him , lord Lundie , An ' an angry man was he ; My dochter will marry him , lord William , It seems in spite ...
... gold , When he gangs till his bed ; Let the young prince clasp his coffer of gold , But I'll clasp my bonny bride . Out it spake him , lord Lundie , An ' an angry man was he ; My dochter will marry him , lord William , It seems in spite ...
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... gold upon to - morrow : now My final writt shall to th ' execution have thee , All earthly treasure cannot help or save thee . EXCISEMAN . Then woe is mee ! ah ! how was I befool'd ! I thought that gold , ( which answereth all things ) ...
... gold upon to - morrow : now My final writt shall to th ' execution have thee , All earthly treasure cannot help or save thee . EXCISEMAN . Then woe is mee ! ah ! how was I befool'd ! I thought that gold , ( which answereth all things ) ...
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... gold should better her birth , And equal the gold you lay on the earth , Then neither rail you , nor grudge you to see The blind beggars daughter a lady to be . But first , I will hear , and have it well known , The gold that you drop ...
... gold should better her birth , And equal the gold you lay on the earth , Then neither rail you , nor grudge you to see The blind beggars daughter a lady to be . But first , I will hear , and have it well known , The gold that you drop ...
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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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