Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... merry he put forth a jest , A wager with her he would lay . A wager with me , the young lady replied , I pray about what must it be ? If I like the humour you shan't be denied , I love to be merry and free . Quoth he , I will lay you an ...
... merry he put forth a jest , A wager with her he would lay . A wager with me , the young lady replied , I pray about what must it be ? If I like the humour you shan't be denied , I love to be merry and free . Quoth he , I will lay you an ...
Page 117
... merry Broomfield , That a maid you return not again . I'll lay you that wager , the lady she said , Then the money she flung down amain , To the merry Broomfield I'll go a pure maid , The same I'll return home again . He covered her bet ...
... merry Broomfield , That a maid you return not again . I'll lay you that wager , the lady she said , Then the money she flung down amain , To the merry Broomfield I'll go a pure maid , The same I'll return home again . He covered her bet ...
Page 193
... merry piper Approached from the town : He pulled out his pipe and tabor , So sweetly he did play , Which made all lay down their rakes , And leave off making hay . Then joining in a dance , They jig it o'er the green ; Though tired with ...
... merry piper Approached from the town : He pulled out his pipe and tabor , So sweetly he did play , Which made all lay down their rakes , And leave off making hay . Then joining in a dance , They jig it o'er the green ; Though tired with ...
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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