Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 17Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 - English literature |
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... sold for copper coin . Ambition's haughty nod , With fancies may deceive , Nay , tell thee thou'rt a god , - And wilt thou such believe ? Go , bid the seas be dry , Go , B 2 BALLADS , AND SONGS . 3 The Young Man's Wish The Useful Plow ...
... sold for copper coin . Ambition's haughty nod , With fancies may deceive , Nay , tell thee thou'rt a god , - And wilt thou such believe ? Go , bid the seas be dry , Go , B 2 BALLADS , AND SONGS . 3 The Young Man's Wish The Useful Plow ...
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... sold by C. Bates , at the sign of the Sun and Bible , in Pye Corner . " The very antiquated orthography adopted in some editions of The Blind Beggar , does not rest on any authority . PART I. THIS Song ' s of a beggar who long lost his ...
... sold by C. Bates , at the sign of the Sun and Bible , in Pye Corner . " The very antiquated orthography adopted in some editions of The Blind Beggar , does not rest on any authority . PART I. THIS Song ' s of a beggar who long lost his ...
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... sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will obey . Soon after this his father dear Did die , and buried was , we hear ...
... sold thy cloathes ; Break ope the door , and there depend To find something thy griefs to end . Thus being spoke , the son did say , Your dying words I will obey . Soon after this his father dear Did die , and buried was , we hear ...
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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ancient Arthur O'Bradley baith ballad barley-mow beggar bonny Bonny Hind boys bride broadside castle Complaynt of Scotland copy Crosiers daughter dear Death dochter doth doun Edinburgh editor England fair upon Tay father frae Gamery gang gold gowd green burn sidie gude hame heart heir Heir of Linne Here's a health Hey wi husband-man Johnstoun stands fair jolly King Knight lady ladye land lily oh lindie Linne Lord Bateman Lord Lovel love Gregory luve married maun ne'er never noble o'er painful plough Parcy Reed pedlar PERCY SOCIETY pray pretty Bessee proper St quoth Robin Hood rose roun says Scottish serving-man sing song sorrow spak steed Stirling for aye sweet sweetly blown ta'en tell thee thou thro toun twa sisters unto verse Wanton Broun weel wife Yarrow Ye'll young young Beichan Young Bekie