Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... My husband now he's be . Bondwell was married at morning air , John in the afternuin ; Dame Essels is ladye ower a ' the bouirs , And the high towers o ' Linne . II . Tam - a - Line , the Elfin 10 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
... My husband now he's be . Bondwell was married at morning air , John in the afternuin ; Dame Essels is ladye ower a ' the bouirs , And the high towers o ' Linne . II . Tam - a - Line , the Elfin 10 SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL VERSIONS.
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Percy Society. Thus careful , and constant , each morning he went , Unto his daily labour with joy and content ; So jocular and jolly he'd whistle and sing , As blithe and as brisk as the birds in the spring . One morning , this nobleman ...
Percy Society. Thus careful , and constant , each morning he went , Unto his daily labour with joy and content ; So jocular and jolly he'd whistle and sing , As blithe and as brisk as the birds in the spring . One morning , this nobleman ...
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... morning was in view . And when that bright daylight , The morning it was come , They laid down and rested Till the rising of the sun : Till the rising of the sun , When the merry larks do sing , And each lad did rise and take his lass ...
... morning was in view . And when that bright daylight , The morning it was come , They laid down and rested Till the rising of the sun : Till the rising of the sun , When the merry larks do sing , And each lad did rise and take his lass ...
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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