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Page 49
To see it thus , much grieved was I : The proverb saith , sorrows be dry ; So was I
at the matter ; Now by good luck , I know not how , There thither came a strange
stray cow , And we had milk and water . To nine good stomachs with our whigg ...
To see it thus , much grieved was I : The proverb saith , sorrows be dry ; So was I
at the matter ; Now by good luck , I know not how , There thither came a strange
stray cow , And we had milk and water . To nine good stomachs with our whigg ...
Page 79
Oh ! what is the matter ? Lord Lovel he said , Oh ! what is the matter ? said he ; A
lord's lady is dead , a woman replied , And some call her Lady Nancy - cy , And
some call her Lady Nancy . So he ordered the grave to be opened wide , And the
...
Oh ! what is the matter ? Lord Lovel he said , Oh ! what is the matter ? said he ; A
lord's lady is dead , a woman replied , And some call her Lady Nancy - cy , And
some call her Lady Nancy . So he ordered the grave to be opened wide , And the
...
Page 105
There's some will ca ' me Parcy Reed , And some will ca ' me Laird Troughen ' ;
It's little matter what they ca ' me , My faes hae made me ill to ken . There's some
will ca ' me Parcy Reed , And speak my praise in tower and town ; It's little matter
...
There's some will ca ' me Parcy Reed , And some will ca ' me Laird Troughen ' ;
It's little matter what they ca ' me , My faes hae made me ill to ken . There's some
will ca ' me Parcy Reed , And speak my praise in tower and town ; It's little matter
...
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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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