Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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Page xii
... present an offer- ing of a few versions of well known and popular ballads , the antiquity of which is beyond all dispute . Whether these versions be coeval with those already in print we cannot say , but they are evi- dently of ...
... present an offer- ing of a few versions of well known and popular ballads , the antiquity of which is beyond all dispute . Whether these versions be coeval with those already in print we cannot say , but they are evi- dently of ...
Page xv
... present volume is but a small instalment , when considered as taken from two MS . folios ! So it is ; but it must be borne in mind , that in Mr. Buchan's books there are , in addition to the Ballads , several poems , songs , satires ...
... present volume is but a small instalment , when considered as taken from two MS . folios ! So it is ; but it must be borne in mind , that in Mr. Buchan's books there are , in addition to the Ballads , several poems , songs , satires ...
Page 115
... present at their feasts and festivals , must have observed that there are certain old poems , ballads and songs which are favourites with the masses , and have been said and sung from generation to generation . Though , for a time ...
... present at their feasts and festivals , must have observed that there are certain old poems , ballads and songs which are favourites with the masses , and have been said and sung from generation to generation . Though , for a time ...
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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