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Page 55
Out then spak ' the laird o ' Drum , Says , I've done you na wrang , 0 ; I've married
a wife to win my bread , You've married ane to spend , O. For the last time that I
was wed She was far aboon my degree , 0 ; She wadna gang to the bonny yates
...
Out then spak ' the laird o ' Drum , Says , I've done you na wrang , 0 ; I've married
a wife to win my bread , You've married ane to spend , O. For the last time that I
was wed She was far aboon my degree , 0 ; She wadna gang to the bonny yates
...
Page 57
Your father's gotten word o ' this , Soon married then we'll be : Set trysts , set trysts
wi ' me , Janet , Set trysts , set trysts wi ' me . Set trysts , set trysts wi ' me , Janet ,
When your weddin ' day's to be ; On Saturday , the first that comes , Maun be ...
Your father's gotten word o ' this , Soon married then we'll be : Set trysts , set trysts
wi ' me , Janet , Set trysts , set trysts wi ' me . Set trysts , set trysts wi ' me , Janet ,
When your weddin ' day's to be ; On Saturday , the first that comes , Maun be ...
Page 139
She married Benjamin Child , Esq . , a young and handsome , but very poor
attorney of Reading , and the marriage is traditionally ... The editor has not been
able to ascertain the date of the marriage , which was celebrated in St. Mary's
Church ...
She married Benjamin Child , Esq . , a young and handsome , but very poor
attorney of Reading , and the marriage is traditionally ... The editor has not been
able to ascertain the date of the marriage , which was celebrated in St. Mary's
Church ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 17 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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